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. 2021 Apr 21;11:8588. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-87766-y

Table 2.

Incidence rates per 1000 person-years.

Number of events, n (%) Moderate-to-severe disease Mild disease
n = 822,906
Biologic
n = 1817
Methotrexate
n = 1153
Cyclosporine
n = 755
Mixed conventional systemic
n = 679
Phototherapy
n = 83,838
Composite endpoint including all-cause mortality (MACE) 19 (1.0) 41 (3.6) 61 (8.1) 75 (11.0) 2300 (2.7) 34,914 (4.2)
Mortalitya 8 (0.4) 28 (2.4) 44 (5.8) 44 (6.5) 997 (1.2) 14,345 (1.7)
Composite endpoint excluding all-cause mortality (Only CV) 11 (0.6) 13 (1.1) 17 (2.3) 31 (4.6) 1303 (1.6) 20,569 (2.5)
Coronary arterial disease 0 0 0 0 44 (0.1) 738 (0.1)
Total strokeb 10 (0.6) 13 (1.1) 16 (2.1) 29 (4.3) 1165 (1.4) 18,794 (2.3)
Ischemic stroke 8 (0.4) 8 (0.7) 16 (2.1) 23 (3.4) 894 (1.1) 15,204 (1.8)
Hemorrhagic stroke 1 (0.1) 5 (0.4) 0 6 (0.9) 192 (0.2) 2512 (0.3)
Cardiac arrest 1 (0.1) 0 1 (0.1) 2 (0.3) 94 (0.1) 1037 (0.1)
Incidence rate per 1000 person-year
MACE 3.5 12.1 28.4 39.5 9.3 14.5
Only CV 2.0 3.8 7.6 15.6 5.2 8.4
Incidence rate per 1000 person-year for age groups
Aged ≤ 40 MACE 1.8 1.8 6.2 7.7 1.7 1.7
Only CV 1.2 0 3.1 3.0 0.8 0.9
Aged 41—60 MACE 4.5 7.6 26.7 30.0 9.8 9.5
Only CV 2.2 1.7 2.3 12.1 5.9 6.2
Aged ≥ 61 MACE 20.5 56.2 90.8 103.3 46.1 48.8
Only CV 12.1 20.1 30.2 38.0 25.1 26.8

CV, cardiovascular; MACE, major adverse cardiovascular events.

aClassified as “other CV event” when death and CV disease occurred simultaneously on the same day.

bIncludes strokes not associated with ischemic and hemorrhagic causes.