Abstracts tagged "risk and therapy"

Abstract Number: 27 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
A Rheumatologist’s Assessment of Therapy Responses (Rxresp) and Rheumatoid Factor Status (neg/pos) in 1995 Predicted Mortality through 2015 in a Community-Based Cohort of Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis Cases and Matched Control Subjects
Alfonse T. Masi¹, Azeem A. Rehman², Laura Jorgenson³ and Jean C. Aldag³, ¹University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, ²Neurosurgery, University of West Virginia Medical School, Morgantown, WV, ³Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL
Background/Purpose: Greater disease severity, older age, positive serum rheumatoid factor (RF), and long-standing glucocorticoid usage contribute to increased mortality of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. This…