Mortality in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: Lithuanian National Registry Data and Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Despite significant improvement in survival, rheumatic diseases (RD) are associated with premature mortality rates comparable to cardiovascular and neoplastic disorders. The aim of our study was to assess mortality, causes of death, and life expectancy in an inflammatory RD retrospective cohort and compare those with the general population as well as with the results of previously published studies in a systematic literature review. Patients with the first-time diagnosis of inflammatory RD during 2012-2019 were identified and cross-checked for their vital status and the date of death. Sex- and age-standardized mortality ratios (SMR) as well as life expectancy for patients with inflammatory RDs were calculated. The results of a systematic literature review were included in meta-standardized

SUBMITTER: Dadoniene J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8656671 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature