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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Apr 25;75(10):1843–1847. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209131

Table 2.

Incidence rate* of herpes zoster and herpes simplex associated with each biologic and tofacitinib

Event Person Years Incidence Rate Adjusted** Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
abatacept 450 8191.3 5.49 (5.01–6.03)   1.0 (referent)
adalimumab 295 5933.3 4.97 (4.44–5.57) 0.91 (0.78–1.06)
certolizumab 153 2748.9 5.57 (4.75–6.52) 1.01 (0.84–1.22)
etanercept 302 6087.5 4.96 (4.43–5.55) 0.89 (0.76–1.03)
golimumab 79 1452.9 5.44 (4.36–6.78) 1.02 (0.80–1.30)
infliximab 477 7760.5 6.15 (5.62–6.72) 1.10 (0.96–1.25)
rituximab 204 3739.6 5.46 (4.76–6.26) 0.97 (0.82–1.15)
tocilizumab 255 4068.2 6.27 (5.54–7.09) 1.16 (0.99–1.36)
tofacitinib 49 525.2 9.33 (7.05–12.3) 1.65 (1.21–2.23)
*

per 100 person years

**

adjusted for age, sex, baseline glucocorticoid use, methotrexate, number of biologics used, hospitalization, hospitalized infection, outpatient infection, and zoster vaccination