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Table 2 Co-morbidity at baseline and 5 years in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

From: Co-morbidity in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis - inflammation matters

 

Baseline (n =950)

New co-morbidity during 5 years of disease (n = 726)

 

%

%

Co-morbidity overalla

53.2

41.0

Hypertension

27.3

15.1

Asthma/COPD

13.9 (11.2/4.1)

2.4 (0.6/1.8)

Any endocrine disease

19.2

10.5

 Diabetes mellitus

8.0

3.3

 Hypothyroidism

6.3

1.9

 Thyroid diseaseb

10.4

2.4

 Osteoporosis

1.4

3.7

 Hyperparathyroidism

0.6

0.6

Malignancy

5.0

7.6

Myocardial infarction

4.5

4.3

Stroke/TIA

3.9

5.1

  1. Values are percent for all. aCo-morbidity defined according to Charlson [40]. bDefined as hypothyroidism, hyperthyroid disease and goiter. COPD chronic obstructive lung disease, TIA transient ischemic attack