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Humoral and cellular immunity in patients with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination (2022)
Journal Article

Objectives: COVID-19 vaccine responses in rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases (RAIRD) remain poorly understood, in particular there is little known about whether people develop effective T-cell responses. We conducted a prospective cohort study to eva... Read More about Humoral and cellular immunity in patients with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.

COVID-19 infection and hospitalization risk according to vaccination status and DMARD treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (2022)
Journal Article

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to investigate the incidence of COVID-19 hospitalization in unvaccinated and vaccinated patients with RA compared with matched controls, and in patients with RA according to DMARD treatment. Methods: T... Read More about COVID-19 infection and hospitalization risk according to vaccination status and DMARD treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

COVID-19 infection, admission and death among people with rare autoimmune rheumatic disease in England: results from the RECORDER project (2021)
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Objectives: To calculate the rates of COVID-19 infection and COVID-19-related death among people with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases (RAIRD) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in England compared to the general population. Methods... Read More about COVID-19 infection, admission and death among people with rare autoimmune rheumatic disease in England: results from the RECORDER project.

Opioids and the risk of fracture: a self-controlled case series study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2021)
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Self-controlled study designs can be used to assess the association between exposures and acute outcomes while controlling for important confounders. Using routinely collected health data, a self-controlled case series design was used to investigate... Read More about Opioids and the risk of fracture: a self-controlled case series study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Opioids and the risk of fracture: a self-controlled case series study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2021)
Journal Article

Self-controlled study designs can be used to assess the association between exposures and acute outcomes while controlling for important confounders. Using routinely collected health data, a self-controlled case series design was used to investigate... Read More about Opioids and the risk of fracture: a self-controlled case series study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Worldwide relative smoking prevalence among people living with and without HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
Journal Article

Objective and design: People living with HIV (PLH) suffer disproportionately from the chronic diseases exacerbated by smoking tobacco. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to establish the relative prevalence of smoking among PLH. M... Read More about Worldwide relative smoking prevalence among people living with and without HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BSR guideline on the management of adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 2018: Baseline multi-centre audit in the UK (2020)
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Objectives: To assess the baseline care provided to patients with SLE attending UK Rheumatology units, audited against standards derived from the recently published BSR guideline for the management of adults with SLE, the NICE technology appraisal fo... Read More about BSR guideline on the management of adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 2018: Baseline multi-centre audit in the UK.

Risk of death among people with rare autoimmune diseases compared with the general population in England during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
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Objectives: To quantify the risk of death among people with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases (RAIRD) during the UK 2020 COVID-19 pandemic compared with the general population, and compared with their pre-COVID risk. Methods: We conducted a cohort s... Read More about Risk of death among people with rare autoimmune diseases compared with the general population in England during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

Estimation of the burden of shielding among a cross-section of patients attending rheumatology clinics with SLE-data from the BSR audit of systemic lupus erythematosus (2020)
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Objectives: We aimed to estimate what proportion of people with SLE attending UK rheumatology clinics would be categorized as being at high risk from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and therefore asked to shield, and explore what implications thi... Read More about Estimation of the burden of shielding among a cross-section of patients attending rheumatology clinics with SLE-data from the BSR audit of systemic lupus erythematosus.

Outcomes and compliance with standards of care in ANCA-associated vasculitis: insights from a large multi-region audit (2018)
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Objectives: We aimed to conduct a large audit of routine care for patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Methods: We invited all 34 hospitals within one health region in England to undertake a retrospective case note audit of all patients n... Read More about Outcomes and compliance with standards of care in ANCA-associated vasculitis: insights from a large multi-region audit.

Correction to: The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
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© 2018, International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR). The above article originally published with an error present in the 2nd sentence in the 4th paragraph of the discussion section and is now presented correctly in this article. The... Read More about Correction to: The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

The incidence, prevalence and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
Journal Article

Objective: To estimate the incidence, prevalence and survival of systemic sclerosis in the United Kingdom. Methods: We conducted a historical cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). We calculated the incidence an... Read More about The incidence, prevalence and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
Journal Article

Abstract To estimate the incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the United Kingdom. We conducted a historical cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). We calculated the incidence and survival... Read More about The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Novel insights into the aetiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis—a case–control study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
Journal Article

Objectives: We aimed to provide insights into the aetiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), by conducting a large case–control study using a general population-based, prospectively collected database of healthcare records. Methods: We... Read More about Novel insights into the aetiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis—a case–control study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.