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. 2021 Jan 18;60(8):3689–3698. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa836

Table 5.

Total and cause-specific mortality for prevalent RA-ILD compared with RA patients without ILD (n = 509 787)

Group Unadjusted HR (95% CI) for total mortality Unadjusted sdHR (95% CI) for cardiovascular mortality Unadjusted sdHR (95% CI) for cancer mortality Unadjusted sdHR (95% CI) for respiratory mortality Unadjusted sdHR (95% CI) for infection mortality Unadjusted sdHR (95% CI) for other mortality
RA without ILD 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
RA-ILD 2.36 (2.28, 2.45) 1.42 (1.32, 1.54) 2.08 (1.90, 2.27) 7.08 (6.67, 7.51) 1.89 (1.55, 2.30) 1.78 (1.66, 1.90)
Group Multivariable* HR (95% CI) for total mortality Multivariable* sdHR (95% CI) for cardiovascular mortality Multivariable* sdHR (95% CI) for cancer mortality Multivariable* sdHR (95% CI) for respiratory mortality Multivariable* sdHR (95% CI) for infection mortality Multivariable* sdHR (95% CI) for other mortality
RA without ILD 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
RA-ILD 1.66 (1.60, 1.72) 1.01 (0.93, 1.09) 1.56 (1.43, 1.71) 4.39 (4.13, 4.67) 1.19 (0.97, 1.45) 1.30 (1.21, 1.40)
*

Adjusted for age, sex, US region, smoking, MTX use, HCQ use, TNF inhibitor use, other bDMARD or tsDMARD use, glucocorticoid use, combined comorbidity score and number of physician visits.