Risk of COVID-19 in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A National Veterans Affairs Matched Cohort Study in At-Risk Individuals.

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its treatments are associated with an increased risk of infection, but it remains unclear whether these factors have an impact on the risk or severity of COVID-19. The present study was undertaken to assess the risk and severity of COVID-19 in a US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) cohort of patients with RA and those without RA.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Arthritis Rheumatol

Title: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.)

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN (Electronic): 2326-5205

ISSN (Print): 2326-5191

Publication date (Electronic): December 2021

Volume: 73

Issue: 12

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[1 ] VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.

[2 ] University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.

[3 ] University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, and FORWARD-The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, Kansas.

[4 ] VA Salt Lake City Health Care System and University of Utah.

[5 ] Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

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DOI: 10.1002/art.41800

PMC ID: 8239709

PubMed ID: 33955209

SO-VID: 91da1a2a-329f-4f9e-9869-3dbe2c791556

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