Rheumatoid Arthritis | primary cause of death in ra

https://www.arthritistreatmentcenter.com What’s the primary cause of death in patients with rheumatoid arthritis…next Cardiovascular disease remains leading cause of mortality among patients with RA From Healio, results of a recently published study identified cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death among patients with rheumatoid arthritis in São Paulo, Brazil, and highlighted infectious disease as an emerging cause of rheumatoid arthritis-associated death. Pinheiro and colleagues reported in the Journal of rheumatology these findings… they studied 3,629,559 death certificates issued in São Paulo issued between 1996 and 2010 and identified 3,955 that listed death related to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Of these, 1,095 certificates listed RA as the underlying cause of death and 2,860 certificates listed the condition as the non-underlying cause of death. Death occurred after age 50 years in 90% of patients with RA. Seventeen patients were younger than 20 years at the time of their deaths, with four patients having RA as the listed underlying cause of death. The mean age of death was 67.1 years for patients with RA as the underlying cause and 67.9 years for patients with deaths in which RA was a non-underlying cause. Comment: no surprise. Patients with Ra need to be monitored closely.    • Rheumatoid Arthritis | primary cause of de...