Figure 2.

Smoothed graph of COVID-19 deaths in patients with EIA and the general population in males and females from Feb 2020 to May 2021. Smoothed graph of the standardized incidence rate of COVID-19 deaths in males and females diagnosed with EIA and the general population in England. COVID-19 mortality rates in EIA patients were compared with COVID-19 mortality rates in England’s general population, using age- and gender-standardized incidence rates per 100 person-years. Age was used as the underlining time scale in these analyses. General population data were downloaded from the gov.uk coronavirus dashboard [26]. COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; EIA: early inflammatory arthritis