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. 2021 Mar 1;40(9):3755–3763. doi: 10.1007/s10067-021-05660-4

Table 2.

Incidence rate ratio of PJP in individual autoimmune rheumatic diseases

N PJP event PY IR IRR 95% CI
Comparison 412468 61 2583087 0.24 Reference
RA 50341 56 383168.8 1.46 6.19 (4.31–8.89)
SLE 23716 74 195431.7 3.79 16.03 (11.42–22.50)
SjS 23048 20 126784.1 1.58 6.68 (4.03–11.07)
PM/DM 2589 21 16840.42 12.47 52.81 (32.16–86.70)
SSc 2499 7 17084.68 4.10 17.35 (7.94–37.93)
SV 924 3 6162.76 4.87 20.61 (6.46–65.70)

ARD, autoimmune rheumatic diseases; PJP, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; SjS, primary Sjogren’s syndrome; PM/DM, polymyositis/dermatomyositis; SSc, systemic sclerosis; SV, systemic vasculitis; PY, patient year; IR, incidence rate of 100,000 patient year; IRR, incidence rate ratio; CI, confidence interval