International Journal of Surgery

The relationship between medication possession index and functional prognosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a national longitudinal cohort study from CHARLS

By Zhongbin Xia, Wen Ye, Qianmingyue Zhang, Xinrong Pan

Figure 1. Kaplan–Meier survival curves for RA patients across MPI quartiles. — Figure 1. Kaplan–Meier survival curves for RA patients across MPI quartiles.Kaplan–Meier survival curves for RA patients across MPI quartiles.Xia et al.

Cohort study of 2,495 peoplePopulations

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Zhongbin Xia, Wen Ye, Qianmingyue Zhang, Xinrong Pan

Nanchang University

International Journal of Surgery, 16 Mar 2026

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