Acupuncture decreased the risk of coronary heart disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Taiwan: a Nationwide propensity score-matched study.

Mei-Yao WuMing-Cheng HuangHou-Hsun LiaoJen-Huai ChiangYu-Chen LeeChung-Y HsuMao-Feng SunHung-Rong Yen

Published in: BMC complementary and alternative medicine (2018)

This is the first large-scale study to reveal that acupuncture might have beneficial effect on reducing the risk of CHD in patients with RA. This study may provide useful information for clinical utilization and future studies.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
gene expression
cross sectional
genome wide
social media
health information
case control