Abstracts tagged "inflammatory arthritis and morbidity and mortality"

Abstract Number: 212 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Mortality and Causes of Death in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis in Hong Kong over 20 Years
Tommy Tsang Cheung, Simon Man Fung Tsoi, Bernard Man Yung Cheung and Chak Sing Lau, Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: Patients with inflammatory arthritis have a higher mortality than the general population due to increased risks of cardiovascular diseases, infection and cancer. As the…
Abstract Number: 2544 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Widening Gap Between Cardiovascular Specific Mortality in Patients with Inflammatory Polyarthritis Compared to the General Population?
Alexander J. Warner¹, Jh Humphreys², Mark Lunt³, Tarnya Marshall⁴, Deborah P. M. Symmons⁵ and Suzanne Verstappen⁶, ¹Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit,, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Trust, Norwich, United Kingdom, ⁵Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁶Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit,, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular (CVD) mortality rates are raised in patients with inflammatory polyarthritis (IP) but have been shown to be falling in the general population. This…