Survival and Cause of Death in Rheumatoid Arthritis: a 25-year Prospective Followup

Overview

Journal J Rheumatol

Specialty Rheumatology

Date 1984 Apr 1

PMID 6726714

Citations 44

Authors

J P Vandenbroucke

H M Hazevoet

A Cats

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Abstract

In a 25-year prospective followup of 209 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, median life expectancy was shortened by 7 years in males and by 3 years in females when compared with the general population. The surplus mortality was associated in decreasing order with the disease itself, associated respiratory, urogenital and general infections, and with upper gastrointestinal tract disease, mainly bleeding.

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