Patients with ankylosing spondylitis have increased cardiovascular and cerebrovascular mortality: A population-based study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 409-416

  Haroon, Nisha Nigil ^a   Paterson, J Michael ^b   Li, Ping ^b   Inman, Robert D ^c   Haroon, Nigil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941642135     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-2470     Document Type: Article

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