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Meta-Analysis
. 2021 Apr;24(4):477-486.
doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13970. Epub 2020 Sep 24.

Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with spondyloarthritis: A meta-analysis

Ji Hyoun Kim  1 , In Ah Choi  1   2
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Meta-Analysis

Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with spondyloarthritis: A meta-analysis

Ji Hyoun Kim et al. Int J Rheum Dis. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

Aim: Cardiovascular (CV) risk and mortality associated with spondyloarthritis (SpA) remain controversial. Herein, we performed a meta-analysis of the latest large-scale population-based studies to demonstrate the elevated risk of CV disease and mortality in patients with SpA than in the general population.

Methods: MEDLINE and EMBASE databases were searched systematically for population-based studies published between January 1997 and September 2019. Additional manual literature searches were also performed. All searches and data collection were performed independently by 2 reviewers. We calculated the risks of myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and all-cause mortality in a meta-analysis and determined the risk ratios (RR) using the Mantel-Haenszel method.

Results: Among the 641 identified articles, 16 articles involving 18 cases met the inclusion criteria for our meta-analysis; these included 12 cases of ankylosing spondylitis, five cases of psoriatic arthritis, and 1 case of undifferentiated SpA. Our meta-analysis revealed a significantly high risk of MI (RR: 1.52; 95% CI: 1.29-1.80) and stroke (RR: 1.21; 95% CI: 1.0-1.47) in patients with SpA than in the general population. However, this increased risk was not significant in terms of all-cause mortality (RR: 1.23; 95% CI: 0.96-1.57).

Conclusions: Our meta-analysis demonstrated that patients with SpA have a significantly increased risks of MI and stroke, but without a significant increase in the all-cause mortality, than that in the general population. The higher risk of CV in patients with SpA than that in the general population indicates the need for strict risk factor correction and disease management.

Keywords: ankylosing spondylitis; mortality; myocardial infarction; psoriatic arthritis; spondyloarthritis; stroke.

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