Holly Resuehr
Tanzania
Research Article
The Risk for Cardiovascular Events Associated with Hyperlipdemia among Patients with and Without Rheumatoid Arthritis
Author(s): Anagha Nadkarni, Min You, Holly Resuehr and Jeffrey R CurtisAnagha Nadkarni, Min You, Holly Resuehr and Jeffrey R Curtis
Objectives: To determine, using data from a real-world setting, the overall and sex-specific risk of cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with or without comorbid hyperlipidemia, relative to those in a non-RA cohort.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study using claims data from a US commercial health plan (2005–2011) included patients with RA and a matched non-RA cohort. Cox proportional hazards regression model determined the hazard ratio (HR) for CV events (myocardial infarction, stroke, revascularization procedures), using the presence of RA and hyperlipidemia as the independent variables, controlling for other covariates (age, sex, diabetes, and hypertension).
Results: The incidence of CV events per 1000 person-years was 10.19 for the RA cohort and 6.41 for the non- RA .. View More»
