Confounding by indication probably distorts the relationship between steroid use and cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis: results from a prospective cohort study.

Confounding by indication probably distorts the relationship between steroid use and cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis: results from a prospective cohort study.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis exposed to glucocorticoids. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of exposure to glucocorticoids in a prospective cohort of 353 patients with rheumatoid arthritis followed from June 2001 up to November 2011 for...

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Main Authors: Alper M van Sijl, Maarten Boers, Alexandre E Voskuyl, Michael T Nurmohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3907551?pdf=render

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