Assessing the Cardiovascular Risk Between Celecoxib and Nonselective Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis

Abstract

After adjustment for confounding variables, celecoxib was not associated with an increase of cardiovascular risk in comparison with nonselective NSAID in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis in an observational setting.