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Treatment with TNF-blockers and mortality risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Jacobsson, Lennart LU ; Turesson, Carl LU ; Nilsson, Jan-Åke LU ; Petersson, Ingemar ; Lindqvist, Elisabet LU orcid ; Saxne, Tore LU and Geborek, Pierre LU (2007) In Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 66(5). p.670-675
Abstract
Objective: To assess mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis ( RA) treated with tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, compared with a standard RA population. Methods: Patients were recruited from a regional register, which includes over 90% of patients with RA treated with TNF blockers in the area in 1999 or later, and a local community-based cohort of patients with RA, established in 1997. Of a total of 1430 patients in the combined cohort,80 years old, 921 received treatment with TNF inhibitors during the study period. The total cohort was linked with the national register for cause of death. Overall mortality in those treated versus those not treated with TNF blockers was estimated using standardised mortality ratios and... (More)
Objective: To assess mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis ( RA) treated with tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, compared with a standard RA population. Methods: Patients were recruited from a regional register, which includes over 90% of patients with RA treated with TNF blockers in the area in 1999 or later, and a local community-based cohort of patients with RA, established in 1997. Of a total of 1430 patients in the combined cohort,80 years old, 921 received treatment with TNF inhibitors during the study period. The total cohort was linked with the national register for cause of death. Overall mortality in those treated versus those not treated with TNF blockers was estimated using standardised mortality ratios and time-dependent Cox proportional hazards. Results: There were 188 deaths per 7077 person-years at risk in the total cohort. Controlling for age, sex, disability and baseline comorbidity, the adjusted HR for death was 0.65 (95% CI 0.46 to 0.93) in those treated with anti-TNF versus those not treated. The effect was significant in women (HR=0.52, 95% CI 0.33 to 0.82) but not in men (HR=0.95, 95% CI 0.52 to 1.71). Conclusion: After adjusting for disease severity, treatment with TNF inhibitors was found to be associated with a reduced mortality in women but not men with RA. These findings are compatible with a critical role for inflammation in RA-associated premature mortality. (Less)
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Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
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10.1136/ard.2006.062497
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  abstract     = {{Objective: To assess mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis ( RA) treated with tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, compared with a standard RA population. Methods: Patients were recruited from a regional register, which includes over 90% of patients with RA treated with TNF blockers in the area in 1999 or later, and a local community-based cohort of patients with RA, established in 1997. Of a total of 1430 patients in the combined cohort,80 years old, 921 received treatment with TNF inhibitors during the study period. The total cohort was linked with the national register for cause of death. Overall mortality in those treated versus those not treated with TNF blockers was estimated using standardised mortality ratios and time-dependent Cox proportional hazards. Results: There were 188 deaths per 7077 person-years at risk in the total cohort. Controlling for age, sex, disability and baseline comorbidity, the adjusted HR for death was 0.65 (95% CI 0.46 to 0.93) in those treated with anti-TNF versus those not treated. The effect was significant in women (HR=0.52, 95% CI 0.33 to 0.82) but not in men (HR=0.95, 95% CI 0.52 to 1.71). Conclusion: After adjusting for disease severity, treatment with TNF inhibitors was found to be associated with a reduced mortality in women but not men with RA. These findings are compatible with a critical role for inflammation in RA-associated premature mortality.}},
  author       = {{Jacobsson, Lennart and Turesson, Carl and Nilsson, Jan-Åke and Petersson, Ingemar and Lindqvist, Elisabet and Saxne, Tore and Geborek, Pierre}},
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  pages        = {{670--675}},
  publisher    = {{BMJ Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases}},
  title        = {{Treatment with TNF-blockers and mortality risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/4599039/625808.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1136/ard.2006.062497}},
  volume       = {{66}},
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