Analysis of risk factors of mortality in rheumatoid arthritis patients with interstitial lung disease: a nationwide, population-based cohort study in Taiwan.
Kooi-Heng NgDer-Yuan ChenChing-Heng LinWen-Cheng ChaoHsin-Hua ChenPublished in: RMD open (2022)
This population-based cohort study showed that ILD was associated with risk of mortality in patients with RA, and risk factors associated with mortality in patients with RA-ILD included age, COPD, DM with end-organ damage and average daily prednisolone dose.
Keyphrases
- interstitial lung disease
- systemic sclerosis
- risk factors
- rheumatoid arthritis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- disease activity
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- cardiovascular events
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- oxidative stress
- metabolic syndrome
- ankylosing spondylitis
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- cardiovascular disease
- adipose tissue
- insulin resistance