Diabetes incidence in psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis: a UK population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of diabetes among patients with PsA and RA in the general population.

Methods

We conducted a cohort study using an electronic medical records database representative of the UK general population (1986-2010). We estimated hazard ratios (HRs) for incident diabetes in PsA, psoriasis and RA cohorts compared with age- and sex-matched comparison cohorts without the corresponding conditions, adjusting for BMI, smoking, alcohol use, co-morbidities and glucocorticoids at baseline.

Results

Cohorts included 4196 persons with PsA, 59 281 with psoriasis and 11 158 with RA, with mean follow-up times of 5.9, 5.8 and 5.5 years, respectively. Incidence rates for diabetes were 7.3, 6.4 and 6.3 cases per 1000 person-yea

SUBMITTER: Dubreuil M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3894671 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature