Risk of developing depressive disorders following rheumatoid arthritis: a nationwide population-based study.

BACKGROUND & AIMS: To evaluate the risk of depressive disorders among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of a matched cohort of 18 285 participants (3 657 RA patients and 14 628 control pa...

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Main Authors: Shu-Li Wang, Cheng-Ho Chang, Li-Yu Hu, Shih-Jen Tsai, Albert C Yang, Zi-Hong You
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4166666?pdf=render