Unincreased mortality of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis compared to the general population in the past 17 years: Analyses from the IORRA cohort.
Naohiro SugitaniEiichi TanakaEisuke InoueMai AbeEri SuganoKumiko SakaMoeko OchiaiYoko HiguchiRei YamaguchiNaoki SugimotoKatsunori IkariAyako NakajimaHisashi YamanakaMasayoshi HarigaiPublished in: Modern rheumatology (2023)
The 5-year mortality of patients with early RA has been comparable to that of the general Japanese population. The 5-year survival rate has been stable over the past 17 years.