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. 2021 Aug 20;51(5):1057–1066. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.08.010

Table 3.

COVID-19 outcomes in cohorts before and after propensity matching during the first 90 days of the pandemic (COVID-19 diagnosis anytime between Jan 20 and April 19, 2020).

Outcome Before Propensity Matching After Propensity Matching
RA with COVID-19
(n = 920)
non-RA with COVID-19 (n = 44,658) Risk Ratio [95% CI] P value RA with COVID-19
(n = 920)
non-RA with COVID-19 (n = 920) Risk Ratio [95% CI] P value
Mortality 76
(8.3%)
2,107
(4.7%)
1.75
(1.41, 2.18)
< 0.0001 76
(8.30%)
64
(7.0%)
1.19
(0.86, 1.63)
0.2914
Hospitalization 340
(37.0%)
10,759
(24.1%)
1.53
(1.41, 1.67)
< 0.0001 340
(37.0%)
309
(33.6%)
1.10
(0.97, 1.25)
0.1304
ICU admission 89
9.7%
2605
5.8%
1.66
(1.36, 2.03)
< 0.0001 89
(9.7%)
77
(8.4%)
1.16
(0.86, 1.55)
0.3288
Mechanical ventilation 59
(6.4%)
2545
(5.7%)
1.13
(0.88, 1.44)
0.3556 59
(6.4%)
61
(6.6%)
0.97
(0.68, 1.37)
0.8502
Severe COVID-19† 100
(10.9%)
3,758
(8.4%)
1.29
(1.07, 1.56)
0.0081 100
(10.9%)
106
(11.5%)
0.94
(0.73, 1.22)
0.6573
Acute kidney injury 138
(15.0%)
3747
(8.4%)
1.79
(1.53, 2.09)
< 0.0001 138
(15.0%)
129
(14.0%)
1.07
(0.86, 1.34)
0.5514
KRT/Hemodialysis < 11¶ 302
(0.7%)
NA NA < 11¶ < 11¶ NA NA
ARDS 37
(4.0%)
2045
(4.6%)
0.88
(0.64, 1.21)
0.4227 37
(4.0%)
45
(4.9%)
0.82
(0.54, 1.26)
0.3661
Ischemic Stroke 21
(2.3%)
428
(1%)
2.38
(1.54, 3.67)
< 0.0001 21
(2.3%)
12
(1.3%)
1.75
(0.87, 3.54)
0.1139
VTE 40
(4.3%)
1028
(2.3%)
1.89
(1.39, 2.57)
< 0.0001 40
(4.3%)
28
(3.0%)
1.43
(0.89, 2.30)
0.1381
Sepsis 114
(12.4%)
3760
(8.4%)
1.47
(1.24, 1.75)
< 0.0001 114
(12.4%)
88
(9.6%)
1.3
(1.00, 1.68)
0.0525

Age, sex, race, body mass index, and comorbidities (hypertension, chronic lower lung disease, diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, nicotine dependence, and alcohol-related disorders) were included as covariates in propensity score matching. ICU Intensive care unit, KRT Kidney replacement therapy, ARDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome, VTE Venous thromboembolism, NA Not applicable.

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† Composite of mechanical ventilation and mortality.