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. 2023 Jul 26;25:129. doi: 10.1186/s13075-023-03111-w

Table 2.

Infectious risk comparing JAK inhibitor and TNF inhibitor users

JAK inhibitor
n = 2 963
TNF inhibitor (Ref)
n = 5 169
HR (95% CI)
Events PY aIR (95% CI) Events PY aIR (95% CI)
As-treated analysis
 Herpes zoster 361 3128 11.54 (10.47–12.72) 221 4528 4.88 (4.29–5.55) 2.37 (2.00–2.80)
 Serious herpes zoster 62 3435 1.81 (1.41–2.31) 11 4682 0.24 (0.13–0.42) 7.43 (3.91–14.11)
 Serious bacterial infection 48 3445 1.39 (1.05–1.85) 61 4629 1.32 (1.03–1.69) 1.04 (0.71–1.52)
 Opportunistic infection 4 3489 0.11 (0.04–0.31) 23 4686 0.49 (0.33–0.74) 0.25 (0.09–0.73)
365-day ITT
 Herpes zoster 242 2173 11.14 (9.89–12.54) 211 4072 5.18 (4.54–5.91) 2.15 (1.79–2.59)
 Serious herpes zoster 37 2263 1.64 (1.19–2.25) 12 4156 0.29 (0.16–0.51) 5.77 (3.00–11.12)
 Serious bacterial infection 36 2260 1.59 (1.15–2.20) 61 4133 1.48 (1.15–1.89) 1.08 (0.72–1.63)
 Opportunistic infection 3 2274 0.13 (0.04–0.41) 16 4155 0.39 (0.24–0.63) 0.35 (0.10–1.20)

CI Confidence interval, HR Hazard ratio, IR Incidence rate, ITT Intention-to-treat, PY Person-years

aPer 100 person-years