Comorbidity clusters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis identify a patient phenotype with a favourable prognosis.
Cynthia S CrowsonElizabeth J AtkinsonVanessa L KronzerBradly A KimbroughCourtney A ArmentLynne S PetersonKerry WrightThomas G MasonDelamo I BekeleJohn M DavisElena MyasoedovaPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2024)
More than 40% of patients with prevalent RA did not experience worse mortality than their peers without RA. The cluster with the worst prognosis (<10% of patients with prevalent RA) was older, had more comorbidities and had less disease-modifying antirheumatic drug and biological use compared with the other clusters. Comorbidity patterns may hold the key to moving beyond a one-size-fits-all perspective of RA prognosis.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- disease activity
- ankylosing spondylitis
- interstitial lung disease
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- physical activity
- case report
- cardiovascular events
- emergency department
- risk factors
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- type diabetes
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis