Increased risk of stroke among patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A population-based matched-cohort study

Rheumatology International

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 255-263

  Keller, Joseph J ^a   Hsu, Jung Lung ^a,d,e   Lin, Shiue Ming ^a   Chou, Chia Chi ^b,c   Wang, Li Hsuan ^a   Wang, Jui ^a   Bai, Chyi Huey ^a,f   Chiou, Hung Yi ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Epidemiology; Stroke; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; STROKE; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84895799944     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-013-2912-z     Document Type: Article

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