Association between TNFi anti-drug antibodies, smoking, and disease activity in patients with inflammatory arthritis: Results from a Norwegian cross-sectional observational study.
Brigitte MichelsenKristine Thomassen BergetArthur KavanaughGlenn HaugebergPublished in: Rheumatology and therapy (2022)
nADAb-positive patients were more frequently smokers and had significantly worse disease activity, physical function, and inflammatory markers, than patients without nADAb. The association between smoking and nADAb positivity warrants further examination.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- end stage renal disease
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- cross sectional
- ankylosing spondylitis
- smoking cessation
- prognostic factors
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- emergency department
- oxidative stress
- electronic health record
- drug induced