Mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a 15-year prospective cohort study

Rheumatology International

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 487-493

  van den Hoek, J ^a,b   Boshuizen, H C ^c,d   Roorda, L D ^a   Tijhuis, G J ^e   Nurmohamed, M T ^e   van den Bos, G A M ^b   Dekker, J ^a,f  

^a Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Institute   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Cohort study; Comorbidity; Longitudinal studies; Mortality; Rheumatoid arthritis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 85007495984     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-016-3638-5     Document Type: Article

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