Causes of Death in Rheumatoid Arthritis: How Do They Compare to the General Population?

OBJECTIVE: To compare mortality rates, underlying causes of death, excess mortality, and years of potential life lost (YPLL) among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) relative to the general population. METHODS: We studied an inception cohort of 87,114 Ontario-based RA patients and 348,456 age/sex/area-matched general population comparators from years 2000 to 2013. All-cause, cause-specific, and excess mortality rates, mortality rate ratios …