SURVIVAL AND CAUSE OF DEATH IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS - A 25-YEAR PROSPECTIVE FOLLOW-UP
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 11 (2) , 158-161
Abstract
In a 25-yr prospective followup of 209 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, median life expectancy was shortened by 7 yr in males and by 3 yr in females when compared with the general population. The surplus mortality was associated in decreasing order with the disease itself, associated respiratory, urogenital and general infections, and with upper gastrointestinal tract disease, mainly bleeding.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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