Table 2.
Life expectancy, loss of life expectancy, lifetime cost, and cost per life-year of rheumatoid arthritis patients, stratified by depression, sex, and age at diagnosis.
| Without depression | With depression | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | N | Death, n (%) | Age, mean (SD) | LE (SEM) | Loss-of-LE (SEM) | Lifetime cost (SEM) | Cost per year | N | Death, n (%) | Age, mean (SD) | LE (SEM) | Loss-of-LE (SEM) | Lifetime cost (SEM) | Cost per year |
| Male | 9,807 | 2,386 (24.3%) | 55.33 ± 14.11 | 20.65 (0.76) | 5.57 (0.77) | 72,740 (2141) | 3,741 | 279 | 96 (34.4%) | 58.59 ± 13.89 | 16.24 (2.43) | 7.40 (2.53) | 71,348 (8,247) | 4,594 |
| Female | 31,842 | 4,612 (14.5%) | 51.87 ± 14.01 | 29.76 (0.93) | 3.64 (0.94) | 99,000 (2255) | 3,813 | 1,383 | 248 (17.9%) | 54.77 ± 12.97 | 24.86 (2.34) | 5.91 (2.37) | 94,053 (6,441) | 4,138 |
| Age | N | Death, n (%) | Men, n (%) | LE (SEM) | Loss-of-LE (SEM) | Lifetime cost (SEM) | Cost per year | N | Death, n (%) | Men, n (%) | LE (SEM) | Loss-of-LE (SEM) | Lifetime cost (SEM) | Cost per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <50 | 17,651 | 755 (4.3%) | 3,424 (19.4%) | 35.23 (2.54) | 8.66 (2.55) | 112,891 (4,957) | 3,678 | 566 | 40 (7.1%) | 74 (13.1%) | 26.87 (4.97) | 15.69 (4.94) | 100,721 (10,982) | 4,038 |
| 50–64 | 15,641 | 2,315 (14.8%) | 3,827 (24.5%) | 21.75 (0.39) | 5.75 (0.39) | 86,265 (1,874) | 4,116 | 702 | 116 (16.5%) | 112 (16%) | 19.50 (1.46) | 8.17 (1.46) | 81,751 (5,972) | 4,283 |
| ≥65 | 8,357 | 3,928 (47%) | 2,556 (30.6%) | 12.01 (0.14) | 2.36 (0.14) | 48,823 (790) | 4,100 | 394 | 188 (47.7%) | 93 (23.6%) | 10.20 (0.79) | 4.12 (0.83) | 52,242 (4,566) | 5,144 |