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1 to 1 of 1 Research Studies DisplayedGianfrancesco MA, Trupin L, Shiboski S
Smoking is associated with higher disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a longitudinal study controlling for time-varying covariates.
Prior studies around the relationship between smoking and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity have reported inconsistent findings, which may be ascribed to heterogeneous study designs or biases in statistical analyses. In this study, the investigators examined the association between smoking and RA outcomes using statistical methods that account for time-varying confounding and loss to followup. They found that smoking was associated with higher levels of disease activity in RA.
AHRQ-funded; HS024412.
Citation: Gianfrancesco MA, Trupin L, Shiboski S .
Smoking is associated with higher disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a longitudinal study controlling for time-varying covariates.
J Rheumatol 2019 Apr;46(4):370-75. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.180262..
Keywords: Arthritis, Tobacco Use