Rheumatoid arthritis in the elderly: characteristics and treatment considerations

L Serhal, MN Lwin, C Holroyd, CJ Edwards - Autoimmunity reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
… of elderly patients with RA consists of patients with elderly onset RA that manifests after age
60 and elderly patients … The elderly RA population is expanding, mainly due to population …

Association between malnutrition and quality of life in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis

W Tański, J Wójciga, B Jankowska-Polańska - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis is a progressive articular disease. As well as damaging the joints, …
patient’s physical, psychological, and social functioning to a considerable extent. Elderly patients

Rheumatologists' views and experiences in managing rheumatoid arthritis in elderly patients: a qualitative study

J Nawrot, A Boonen, R Peeters, M Starmans… - … of Rheumatology, 2018 - jrheum.org
… Instead, management of elderly patients highly depended on comorbidity, … the elderly patient
population. Future evidence-based RA management recommendations for elderly patients

Cardiovascular disease risk in older adults and elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis: what role can disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs play in cardiovascular …

AL Day, JA Singh - Drugs & Aging, 2019 - Springer
… Older adults and elderly patients with RA develop CVD at a younger age compared … in
patients with RA. A treat-to-target strategy should be employed in older adults and elderly patients

Drug retention and safety of TNF inhibitors in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis

SK Cho, YK Sung, D Kim, S Won, CB Choi… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2016 - Springer
elderly was comparable with that in younger patients. The major cause of discontinuation in
the elderly patients was AEs, while it was drug ineffectiveness in younger patients. The IR of …

Drug tolerability and reasons for discontinuation of seven biologics in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis-The ANSWER cohort study

K Ebina, M Hashimoto, W Yamamoto, T Hirano… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
… As for the effectiveness of bDMARDs in elderly patients, ABT was well tolerated and similarly
efficacious in both of the non-elderly (<65 years) and elderly (≥65 years) RA patients [25]. …

Effectiveness and safety of abatacept in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis enrolled in the French Society of Rheumatology's ORA registry

C Lahaye, M Soubrier, A Mulliez, T Bardin… - …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… the 1017 patients, 103 were very elderly (⩾75 years), 215 elderly (65–74), 406 intermediate
aged (50–64) and 293 very young (<50). At baseline, elderly and very elderly patients had …

Unincreased risk of hospitalized infection under targeted therapies versus methotrexate in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a retrospective cohort study

R Sakai, E Tanaka, M Majima, M Harigai - Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2022 - Springer
… for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in elderly patients. However, infection risk of patients with RA …
) and Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKIs) in elderly patients are scarce. The aim of this study was to …

Potential of the prognostic nutritional index to determine the risk factor for severe infection in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis

K Isoda, S Tsuji, Y Harada, M Yoshimura… - … Rheumatology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
… was particularly high in elderly patients (≥65 years) with a low PNI, but the incidence in
elderly patients with a high PNI was similar to that in nonelderly patients with a high PNI. …

Morning stiffness in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis: what is known about the effect of biological and targeted agents?

CC Mok - Drugs & aging, 2018 - Springer
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects all age groups, but
the prevalence appears to increase with age. Elderly-onset RA (after the age of 60 years) has …