TY - JOUR AU - Costello, Ruth E. AU - Marsden, Antonia AU - Movahedi, Mohammad AU - Lunt, Mark AU - Humphreys, Jenny H. AU - Emsley, Richard AU - Dixon, William G. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/19 TI - The effect of glucocorticoid therapy on mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and concomitant type II diabetes: a retrospective cohort study JO - BMC Rheumatology SP - 4 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have increased cardiovascular (CV) and mortality risk. Patients with RA are also frequently prescribed glucocorticoids (GCs) which have been associated with increased risk of mortality. In addition, for patients who have concomitant diabetes mellitus (DM), GCs are known to worsen glycaemic control and hence may further increase CV and mortality risk. This study aimed to understand the relationship between GCs, DM and mortality in patients with RA. SN - 2520-1026 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s41927-019-0105-4 DO - 10.1186/s41927-019-0105-4 ID - Costello2020 ER -