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Comorbidities of rheumatoid arthritis: Results from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
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- Autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes associated with autoimmune rheumatic diseases.Reumatologia · 2023Review
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- Racial Differences in Multimorbidity and Comorbidities in Rheumatoid Arthritis.Arthritis care & research · 2023Article
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- Mortality in Korean Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.Journal of rheumatic diseases · 2021Review
- Bidirectional association between migraine and rheumatoid arthritis: two longitudinal follow-up studies with a national sample cohort.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Epidemiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Korea.Journal of rheumatic diseases · 2021Review
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Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of comorbidities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared with the non-RA population. The 2010-2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), which assesses the general health status of populations in South Korea using interviews and basic health assessment, was analyzed retrospectively. Weighted prevalence and odds ratio (OR) of comorbidities were analyzed in patients with RA compared with the non-RA population. The overall weighted (n = 37,453,158) prevalence of RA was 1.5%. Patients with RA were older and more female predominant than subjects without RA. The prevalence of living in an urban area, college graduation, alcohol consumption and smoking was lower in patients with RA than non-RA. Patients with RA had more comorbidities including hypertension, dyslipidemia, myocardial infarction (MI) or angina, stoke, osteoarthritis, lung cancer, colon cancer, pulmonary tuberculosis, asthma, diabetes, depression, thyroid disease and chronic kidney disease. After adjusting socioeconomic and lifestyle characteristics, RA was associated with an increased prevalence of MI or angina (OR 1.86, 95% CI 1.17-2.96, p = 0.009), pulmonary TB (OR 1.95, 95% CI 1.24-3.09, p = 0.004), asthma (OR 1.97, 95% CI 1.05-3.71, p = 0.036), thyroid disease (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.05-2.77), depression (OR 2.38, 95% CI 1.47-3.85, p < 0.001) and hepatitis B (OR 2.34, 95% CI 1.15-4.80, p = 0.020) compared with the non-RA population. Prevalence of solid cancer was not significantly associated with RA after adjustment.
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