The effect of anti-rheumatic medications for coronary artery diseases risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis might be changed over time: A nationwide population-based cohort study

• Yao-Min Hung,

  Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Yuhing Junior College of Health Care and Management, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6920-8799

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• Lichi Lin,

  Affiliations Department of Statistics, Oklahoma state University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, and Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chyong-Mei Chen,

  Affiliation Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Jeng-Yuan Chiou ,

  * E-mail: jccwei@gmail.com (JC-CW); tom@csmu.edu.tw (J-YC)

  Affiliation School of Health Policy and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Yu-Hsun Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Paul Yung-Pou Wang,

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center, Baldwin Park, CA, United States of America

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• James Cheng-Chung Wei

  * E-mail: jccwei@gmail.com (JC-CW); tom@csmu.edu.tw (J-YC)

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, and Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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