Prevalence, incidence and cause-specific mortality of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease among older rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Jeffrey A SparksYinzhu JinSoo-Kyung ChoSeanna VineRishi DesaiTracy J DoyleSeoyoung C KimPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2021)
RA-ILD was present or developed in nearly 5% of patients in this nationwide study of older patients with RA. Compared with RA without ILD, RA-ILD was associated with excess total, respiratory and cancer mortality that was not explained by measured factors.
Keyphrases
- interstitial lung disease
- rheumatoid arthritis
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- systemic sclerosis
- risk factors
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- ankylosing spondylitis
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular events
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- physical activity
- squamous cell
- patient reported outcomes
- childhood cancer