Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among rheumatoid arthritis: results from national inpatient database.

Authors

Rashmi Dhital, Reading Hospital-Tower HealthFollow
Sijan Basnet, Reading Hospital-Tower Health
Prakash Paudel, Berkshire Medical Center
Yam Prasad Acharya, Miriam Hospital
Dilli Ram Poudel, Reading Hospital-Tower Health

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-23-2018

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is being increasingly recognized as an important contributor to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although smoking is a major risk factor, other factors may play a role. We used National Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 2013 to explore this relationship. We used propensity matching with a 1:3 nearest-neighbor-matching algorithm to match 1 RA hospitalization to 3 age- and-sex-matched comparators. In the age- and-sex-matched population, RA had a higher odds of COPD (OR 1.20, 95% CI: 1.17-1.22,

Publication Title

J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect

Volume

8

Issue

4

First Page

211

Last Page

214

Recommended Citation

Dhital, R., Basnet, S., Paudel, P., Acharya, Y., & Poudel, D. (2018). Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among rheumatoid arthritis: results from national inpatient database.. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect, 8 (4), 211-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2018.1485460