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