Mortality in rheumatoid arthritis patients with pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease: A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to compare long-term mortality following diagnosis of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease between patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to evaluate predictive factors for death outcomes.

Methods

We reviewed the electronic medical records of all patients who were newly diagnosed with pulmonary NTM disease at participating institutions between August 2009 and December 2018. Patients were followed until death, loss to follow-up, or the end of the study. Taking into consideration the presence of competing risks, we used the cumulative incidence function with Gray's test and Fine-Gray regression analysis for survival analysis.

Results

A total of 225 patients (34 RA patients and 191 non-RA controls) were

SUBMITTER: Mori S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7710034 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature