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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Mar;63(3):633–639. doi: 10.1002/art.30155

Table 3.

Residual Lifetime Risk of Developing Various Adult-onset Inflammatory Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases according to Sex and Age

Sex/
age
RA RF+
RA
SLE PsA PMR GCA AS Primary
SS
Primary
inflammatory
autoimmune
rheumatic
disease *
Women
  30 3.49 2.33 0.81 0.38 2.44 1.05 0.08 0.73 8.11
  40 3.20 2.13 0.71 0.33 2.47 1.06 0.07 0.69 7.68
  50 2.68 1.75 0.60 0.25 2.52 1.08 0.04 0.61 7.00
  60 2.04 1.30 0.48 0.14 2.51 1.11 0.01 0.48 6.07
  70 1.32 0.79 0.35 0.05 2.12 1.06 <0.01 0.32 4.67
  80 0.64 0.32 0.23 0.01 1.05 0.72 <0.01 0.18 2.60
Men
  30 1.67 1.11 0.21 0.52 1.68 0.51 0.33 0.04 4.78
  40 1.59 1.05 0.21 0.34 1.71 0.52 0.19 0.04 4.44
  50 1.42 0.91 0.20 0.17 1.78 0.54 0.10 0.04 4.11
  60 1.11 0.68 0.16 0.07 1.81 0.57 0.05 0.05 3.69
  70 0.73 0.43 0.08 0.02 1.71 0.60 0.03 0.05 3.11
  80 0.40 0.23 <0.01 <0.01 1.12 0.56 0.01 0.05 2.08

RA = rheumatoid arthritis; RF+ = rheumatoid factor positive; SLE = systemic lupus erythematosus; PsA = psoriatic arthritis; PMR = polymyalgia rheumatica; GCA = giant cell arteritis; AS = ankylosing spondylitis; SS = Sjögrens syndrome

*

Primary inflammatory autoimmune rheumatic disease is defined as the first of any of these rheumatic diseases