Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among rheumatoid arthritis: results from national inpatient database
Autor: | Rashmi Dhital, Sijan Basnet, Prakash Paudel, Yam Prasad Acharya, Dilli Ram Poudel |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, Vol 8, Iss 4, Pp 211-214 (2018) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 2000-9666 20009666 |
DOI: | 10.1080/20009666.2018.1485460 |
Popis: | Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is being increasingly recognized as an important contributor to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although smoking is a major risk factor, other factors may play a role. We used National Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 2013 to explore this relationship. We used propensity matching with a 1:3 nearest-neighbor-matching algorithm to match 1 RA hospitalization to 3 age- and-sex-matched comparators. In the age- and-sex-matched population, RA had a higher odds of COPD (OR 1.20, 95% CI: 1.17–1.22, p |
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