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Increased incidence...
Increased incidence of stroke and impaired prognosis after stroke among patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis
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- Södergren, Anna (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Reumatologi
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- Stegmayr, Birgitta (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Medicin
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- Öhman, Marie-Louise (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Statistiska institutionen
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- Wållberg-Jonsson, Solveig (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Reumatologi
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- 2009
- 2009
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. - 0392-856X .- 1593-098X. ; 27:4, s. 641-644
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Abstract
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- OBJECTIVE: To examine the incidence of, and outcome after, a stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared with the general population. METHODS: The northern Sweden MONICA register was used to compare the incidence of stroke in a cohort of RA patients with the general population. Forty RA patients who had also suffered a stroke were identified. For each patient with RA, three controls with a history of stroke but without RA were randomly collected from the same register, and matched for age and sex. RESULTS: The standardised incidence ratio (SIR) for stroke was 2.7 in RA patients compared with the general population (p<0.05). During the follow-up, RA patients had a higher overall case fatality (CF) following stroke compared with controls (hazard ratio (HR) =1.70, p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Both the incidence of a stroke, and the subsequent CF, were higher among RA patients compared with the general population. The results emphasize the necessity of optimising the prevention of stroke and follow-up care after a stroke in RA.
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