During first TNF antagonist | TNF antagonist naive | RR by time since treatment start* | ||||
No. of events | Crude rate per 100 | No of events | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | |
Any infection | 261 | 5.4 | 10 669 | 1.43 (1.18 to 1.72) | 1.15 (0.88 to 1.51) | 0.82 (0.62 to 1.08) |
Respiratory | 111 | 2.2 | 6046 | 1.24 (0.92 to 1.68) | 1.45 (1.00 to 2.09) | 0.68 (0.44 to 1.05) |
Pneumonia | 79 | 1.5 | 4704 | 1.11 (0.77 to 1.60) | 1.31 (0.86 to 1.93) | 0.59 (0.35 to 0.99) |
Gastrointestinal | 24 | 0.5 | 1517 | 1.03 (0.58 to 1.81) | 0.13 (0.02 to 0.91) | 0.94 (0.45 to 1.94) |
Skin/soft tissue | 21 | 0.4 | 1004 | 0.57 (0.21 to 1.57) | 1.01 (0.48 to 2.16) | 0.82 (0.39 to 1.76) |
Joint | 25 | 0.5 | 652 | 1.26 (0.66 to 2.40) | 0.17 (0.02 to 1.28) | 1.42 (0.67 to 2.98) |
Septicaemia | 36 | 0.7 | 1,716 | 1.07 (0.65 to 1.77) | 0.71 (0.33 to 1.55) | 0.62 (0.32 to 1.18) |
*Cox model stratified for sex, year of birth, county of residence and using calendar time as time scale. Adjusted for marital status, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, any cardiovascular disease, any pre-treatment infection, diabetes, joint replacements in hip, knee, shoulder and ankle, respectively, total number of days spent in hospital and number of discharges listing RA. All time-varying covariates were assessed as time-dependent variables until 1 year before the outcome.