Abstracts tagged "multiple imputation and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)"

Abstract Number: 1503 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Rheumatoid Factor Positivity Is Related with Higher Discontinuation Rate of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Therapy Due to Adverse Event and Insufficient Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multiple Imputation Method for COX Proportional Hazard Model
Yoshikazu Ogawa¹, Nobunori Takahashi², Toshihisa Kojima² and Naoki Ishiguro², ¹Nakatsugawa Municipal General Hospital, Nakatsugawa, Japan, ²Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Discontinuation of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is attributable to various reasons. Above all, adverse event (AE) and insufficient…