Impact of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors and methotrexate on diabetes mellitus among patients with inflammatory arthritis

Abstract Background To determine whether initiation of a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) or methotrexate improves hemoglobin A1c in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), or ankylosing spondylitis (AS) who also have diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods A retrospective...

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Main Authors: Santhi Mantravadi, Michael George, Colleen Brensinger, Min Du, Joshua F. Baker, Alexis Ogdie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Rheumatology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41927-020-00138-3