Conference
FRI0684 Early treatment with methotrexate improves all-cause and cardiovascular survival among an inception cohort of seniors with rheumatoid arthritis
Abstract
Background We previously observed that incident RA patients have an increased risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality relative to the general population in Ontario.1 Objectives To evaluate the effect of treatment and other factors on all-cause and CVD mortality among incident senior RA patients. Methods We studied incident RA patients within the population-based Ontario Rheumatoid Arthritis Database (ORAD) who were …
Authors
Widdifield J; Paterson J; Huang A; Bernatsky S; behalf of CANAIM O
Volume
76
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
6 2017
DOI
10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-eular.3034
Conference proceedings
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
ISSN
0003-4967