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
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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