RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Deaths Associated with Ankylosing Spondylitis in France from 1969 to 2009
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP jrheum.160942
DO 10.3899/jrheum.160942
A1 Prati, Clément
A1 Puyraveau, Marc
A1 Guillot, Xavier
A1 Verhoeven, Franck
A1 Wendling, Daniel
YR 2017
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2017/03/07/jrheum.160942.abstract
AB Objective To describe deaths for which ankylosing spondylitis (AS) was on death certificates in France. Methods Death certificates in which AS was indicated were evaluated. Standard mortality ratio (SMR) was assessed. Results AS appeared in 2940 death certificates. The mortality rate of AS seemed stable. The most frequent initial causes were diseases of the circulatory system [28.3% in the International Classification of Diseases, 10th ed (ICD-10)]. SMR adjusted for age and sex were 2.1 (95% CI 1.45–2.91) for infections and 0.43 (0.36–0.5) for cancers (ICD-10 period). Conclusion This study found an increase in mortality from infectious and external causes of death; conversely, patients with AS appear to die less frequently from cancer.