Cigarette Smoking Increases the Prevalence of Hip Joint Involvement in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Real-World Case-Control Study.

Zhengyuan HuYan LiLidong HuXiaojian JiLei WangKunpeng LiJian ZhuJianglin ZhangFeng Huang

Published in: The Journal of rheumatology (2023)

Smoking is a novel independent risk factor for hip involvement in AS; even exposure of less than 10 pack-years could contribute to increased prevalence of hip involvement in AS, which underlines the significance of smoking cessation in patients with AS, especially for JAS.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
ankylosing spondylitis
total hip arthroplasty
risk factors
replacement therapy
rheumatoid arthritis
disease activity