Persistence with statins and onset of rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based cohort study

The beneficial effects of statins in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been suggested previously, but it is unclear whether statins may prevent its development. The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to explore whether persistent use of statins is associated with onset of RA. The computerized m...

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Veröffentlicht in:PLoS medicine 2010-09, Vol.7 (9), p.e1000336-e1000336
Hauptverfasser: Chodick, Gabriel, Amital, Howard, Shalem, Yoav, Kokia, Ehud, Heymann, Anthony D, Porath, Avi, Shalev, Varda
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Zusammenfassung:The beneficial effects of statins in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been suggested previously, but it is unclear whether statins may prevent its development. The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to explore whether persistent use of statins is associated with onset of RA. The computerized medical databases of a large health organization in Israel were used to identify diagnosed RA cases among adults who began statin therapy between 1998 and 2007. Persistence with statins was assessed by calculating the mean proportion of follow-up days covered (PDC) with statins for every study participant. To assess the possible effects of healthy user bias, we also examined the risk of osteoarthritis (OA), a common degenerative joint disease that is unlikely to be affected by use of statins. A total of 211,627 and 193,770 individuals were eligible for the RA and OA cohort analyses, respectively. During the study follow-up period, there were 2,578 incident RA cases (3.07 per 1,000 person-years) and 17,878 incident OA cases (24.34 per 1,000 person-years). The crude incidence density rate of RA among nonpersistent patients (PDC level of
ISSN:1549-1676
1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000336