Influence of smoking on disease activity and quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results from a Swedish case-control study with longitudinal follow-up.
Lars AlfredssonLars KlareskogAnna Karin HedströmPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2022)
Current smoking is associated with increased disease activity and lower health-related quality of life among RA patients. Smoking cessation within the first year after baseline seems to have a favourable effect on disease activity.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- smoking cessation
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- replacement therapy
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- cross sectional
- interstitial lung disease