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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Aug 15;39(10):2943–2950. doi: 10.1007/s10067-020-05318-7

Table 5.

Sensitivity analysis showing vital status and multivariate models at 1-, 2-, and 3-year landmark time points excluding patients who did not receive bDMARDs until the respective landmark time points

Vital status at landmark time points by bDMARD use 1 year landmark 2 year landmark 3 year landmark
Alive/censored Death Alive/censored Death Alive/censored Death
No bDMARD 185 80 169 56 146 40
TNFi 49 10 43 9 35 6
Non-TNFi 3 0 3 0 3 0
Multivariate models
HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI
Age at cancer diagnosis 1.03 1.00–1.06 1.05 1.01–1.09 1.10 1.04–1.16
bDMARD use
 No bDMARD Ref Ref Ref
 TNFi or Non-TNFi 0.57 0.21–1.54 1.02 0.35–3.02 1.24 0.35–4.33

Abbreviations: HR, Hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; bDMARD biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs; TNFi, tumor necrosis factor inhibitors; non-TNFi, non-tumor necrosis factor inhibitors