Frailty in rheumatoidrmdopen-2021-002111 arthritis and its relationship with disease activity, hospitalisation and mortality: a longitudinal analysis of the Scottish Early Rheumatoid Arthritis cohort and UK Biobank.
Peter HanlonFraser MortonStefan SiebertBhautesh D JaniBarbara I NichollJim LewseyDavid McAllisterFrances S MairPublished in: RMD open (2022)
Frailty is common in early and established RA and associated with hospitalisation and mortality. Frailty in RA is dynamic and, for some, may be ameliorated through controlling disease activity in early disease.