Table 3.

Incidence of Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement or Repair Surgery and Pacemaker Insertions in Patients With ASp and Controls, by Age Group

	Number of Events		Person‐Years		Incidence (per 100 000 Person‐Years)a		Relative Risk (95% CI)a
	ASp	Controls	ASp	Controls	ASp	Controls
Aortic valve procedures
Age 65–69 y	106	38 816	79 483	41 540 518	125	93	1.34 (1.10, 1.63)
Age 70–74 y	172	60 581	91 344	40 530 915	183	149	1.22 (1.05, 1.43)
Age 75–79 y	241	72 126	90 032	34 641 013	261	208	1.25 (1.10, 1.43)
Age 80 y or older	364	92 682	126 723	48 638 286	279	191	1.46 (1.32, 1.63)
Mitral valve surgery
Age 65–69 y	46	19 262	84 638	41 574 544	54	46	1.17 (0.87, 1.57)
Age 70–74 y	69	26 460	92 504	40 635 240	73	65	1.12 (0.88, 1.43)
Age 75–79 y	67	27 837	88 731	34 806 678	72	80	0.90 (0.71, 1.15)
Age 80 y or older	72	24 097	129 964	48 995 532	55	49	1.11 (0.88, 1.41)
Pacemaker insertion
Age 65–69 y	299	113 382	81 609	41 024 679	359	276	1.30 (1.16, 1.46)
Age 70–74 y	612	199 191	89 928	39 656 212	668	502	1.33 (1.22, 1.44)
Age 75–79 y	886	271 375	85 736	33 455 987	1004	811	1.24 (1.15, 133)
Age 80 y or older	1758	595 307	118 002	45 463 679	1460	1309	1.11 (1.06, 1.17)

ASp indicates ankylosing spondylitis; CI, confidence interval.

^aSex and race standardized to the distribution of the controls in each age group.