Eligible patients
We found a total of 19,681 patients with RA in the Longitudinal Health
Insurance Database 2005 (LHID 2005). Of those, 15,097 patients had
cardiovascular diagnostic coding. Patients who did not have associated
cardiovascular coding were not listed in Table 2 for analysis. Among
these patients, 4,810 patients were diagnosed with RA, nine of which
were treated with biologic agents. Similarly, 13,384 patients had
metabolic diagnostic coding. Patients that did not have associated
metabolic coding were not listed in Table 2 for analysis. Among these
patients, 5,680 patients were diagnosed with RA, nine of which were
treated with biologic agents.
In the LHID 2005 database, 18,114 patients had rheumatologic or
orthopedic diagnostic coding. Patients who did not have associated
rheumatologic or orthopedic coding were not listed in Table 2 for
analysis. Among these patients, 2,269 patients were diagnosed with RA,
seven of which were treated with biologic agents. Again, in the LHID
2005 database, 19,681 patients had oncologic diagnostic coding. Patients
that did not have associated oncologic coding were not listed in Table 2
for analysis. Among these patients, 3,148 patients were diagnosed with
RA, 23 of which were treated with biologic agents. Of the 18,944
patients with infectious related diagnostic coding, 1,092 patients were
diagnosed with RA, and seven of those were treated with biologic agents.
Finally, 13,047 had miscellaneous diagnostic coding related to RA. Among
these patients, 4,996 patients were diagnosed with RA, seven of which
were treated with biologic agents.