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Table 4 The top ten primary discharge diagnoses in patients with and without bDMARDs 2006–2010

From: Comparisons between comorbid conditions and health care consumption in rheumatoid arthritis patients with or without biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs: a register-based study

 

Primary discharge diagnoses in RA patients with bDMARDs (n = 2205)

Primary discharge diagnoses in RA patients without bDMARDs (n = 13,206)

1

Rheumatoid arthritis 800 (36.3)

Rheumatoid arthritis 1483 (11.2)

2

Ischemic heart disease 56 (2.5)

Ischemic heart disease 626 (4.7)

3

Fractures 51 (2.3)

Fractures 585 (4.4)

4

Osteoarthritis 42 (1.9)

Pneumonia 469 (3.6)

5

Pneumonia 41 (1.9)

Chest pain 349 (2.6)

6

Chest pain 41 (1.9)

Atrial fibrillation 330 (2.5)

7

Atrial fibrillation 35 (1.6)

Heart failure 312 (2.4)

8

Childbirth 34 (1.5)

Osteoarthritis 297 (2.2)

9

Abdominal pain 31 (1.4)

Stroke (hemorrhagic or ischemic) 247 (1.9)

10

Cholecystitis and/or gall stone 22 (1.0)

Urinary tract infection 236 (1.8)

 

Stroke 21 (1.0)

Abdominal pain 231 (1.7)

Urinary tract infection 17 (0.8)

Childbirth 172 (1.3)

Heart failure 6 (0.3)

Cholecystitis and/or gall stone 121 (0.9)

  1. Data are expressed as number (%). N = number of hospitalizations 2006–2010 when hospitalizations of one day and connected to an intravenous treatment, were not included. ICD-10 codes from the Z section are not included. In cursive, the corresponding number (%) is given in the other group if not already existing in the top ten