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. 2023 Jan 16;62(9):2979–2988. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead018

Table 3.

Incidence rate for COVID-19 admissions and deaths in patients with EIA using single failure Cox model

Variable All EIA RA PsA axSpA Undifferentiated arthritis Other
COVID-19 admissions
 Total patients 14 007 9729 1804 272 1661 541
n 143 104 11 2 19 7
 PY 15291.89 10611.01 1961.69 298.67 1828.88 591.64
 IR (95% CI) per 100 PY 0.93 (0.79, 1.10) 0.98 (0.80, 1.18) 0.56 (0.31, 1.01) 0.66 (0.16, 2.67) 1.03 (0.66, 1.62) 1.18 (0.56, 2.48)
COVID-19 deaths
 Total patients 14 007 9729 1804 272 1661 541
n 47 36 1 0 5 5
 PY 15 295.43 10 613.52 1961.82 298.67 1829.45 591.97
 IR (95% CI) per 100 PY 0.30 (0.23, 0.40) 0.33 (0.24, 0.47) 0.05 (0.00, 0.36) 0 (0, 0.01) 0.27 (0.11, 0.65) 0.84 (0.35, 2.03)

Incidence rates of COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths in patients diagnosed with EIA in England. EIA: early inflammatory arthritis; COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; IR: incidence rate; n: number of patients with COVID-19 outcome; PY: person years.