Obesity and the Risk of Incident Chronic Opioid Use in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study was undertaken to evaluate whether the rate of incident chronic opioid use is higher in obese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods

Participants with RA in the FORWARD databank were asked about their use of weak and strong opioid medications on semiannual surveys. Incident chronic opioid use was defined as new reported use extending over 2 contiguous surveys (~7-12 months). Cox proportional hazards models were used to evaluate associations between body mass index (BMI) at enrollment and incident chronic opioid use (overall use and strong opioid use). Models adjusted for demographics, smoking, disease duration, RA treatments, household income, and education level. The predicted 5-year cumulative incidence was calculated from Cox models.<

SUBMITTER: Baker JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7704711 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature