Antioxidant micronutrients and risk of rheumatoid arthritis in a cohort of older women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-354

  Cerhan, James R ^a   Saag, Kenneth G ^b   Merlino, Linda A ^c   Mikuls, Ted R ^b   Criswell, Lindsey A ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Arthritis; Cohort studies; Rheumatoid; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; COPPER; CRYPTOXANTHIN; LYCOPENE; MANGANESE; TRACE ELEMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZINC;

COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH RISK; NUTRIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BETA CAROTENE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; XANTHOPHYLLS; ZINC;

EID: 0037442116     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf205     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Lawrence RC, Hochberg MC, Kelsey JL, et al. Estimates of the prevalence of selected arthritic and musculoskeletal diseases in the United States. J Rheumatol 1989;16:427-41.
2. Hochberg MC. Changes in the incidence and prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in England and Wales, 1970-1982. Semin Arthritis Rheum 1990;19:294-302.
3. Halliwell B, Hoult JR, Blake DR. Oxidants, inflammation, and anti-inflammatory drugs. FASEB J 1988;2:2867-73.
4. Aaseth J, Haugen M, Forte O. Rheumatoid arthritis and metal compounds-perspectives on the role of oxygen radical detoxification. Analyst 1998;123:3-6.
5. Choy EH, Panayi GS. Cytokine pathways and joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. N Engl J Med 2001;344:907-16.
6. McCord JM. Free radicals and inflammation: protection of synovial fluid by superoxide dismutase. Science 1974;185:529-31.
7. Merry P, Winyard PG, Morris CJ, et al. Oxygen free radicals, inflammation, and synovitis: the current status. Ann Rheum Dis 1989;48:864-70.
8. Blake DR, Merry P, Unsworth J, et al. Hypoxic-reperfusion injury in the inflamed human joint. Lancet 1989;1:289-93.
9. Sato M, Miyazaki T, Nagaya T, et al. Antioxidants inhibit tumor necrosis factor-alpha mediated stimulation of interleukin-8, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, and collagenase expression in cultured human synovial cells. J Rheumatol 1996;23:432-8.
10. Buchanan HM, Preston SJ, Brooks PM, et al. Is diet important in rheumatoid arthritis? Br J Rheumatol 1991;30:125-34.
11. Panush RS. Does food cause or cure arthritis? Rheum Dis Clin North Am 1991;17:259-72.
12. Mangge H, Hermann J, Schauenstein K. Diet and rheumatoid arthritis-a review. Scand J Rheumatol 1999;28:201-9.
13. Heliovaara M, Knekt P, Aho K, et al. Serum antioxidants and risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1994;53:51-3.
14. Comstock GW, Burke AE, Hoffman SC, et al. Serum concentrations of alpha tocopherol, beta carotene, and retinol preceding the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. Ann Rheum Dis 1997;56:323-5.
15. Shapiro JA, Koepsell TD, Voigt LF, et al. Diet and rheumatoid arthritis in women: a possible protective effect of fish consumption. Epidemiology 1996;7:256-63.
16. Linos A, Kaklamani VG, Kaklamani E, et al. Dietary factors in relation to rheumatoid arthritis: a role for olive oil and cooked vegetables? Am J Clin Nutr 1999;70:1077-82.
17. Martin RH. The role of nutrition and diet in rheumatoid arthritis. Proc Nutr Soc 1998;57:231-4.
18. Mikuls T, Cerhan J, Criswell L, et al. Coffee, tea, and caffeine consumption and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: results from the Iowa Women's Health Study. Arthritis Rheum 2002;46:83-91.
19. Cerhan JR, Saag KG, Criswell LA, et al. Blood transfusion, alcohol use and anthropometric risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis in older women. J Rheumatol 2002;29:246-54.
20. Criswell LA, Merlino LA, Cerhan JR, et al. Cigarette smoking and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis among postmenopausal women: results from the Iowa Women's Health Study. Am J Med 2002;112:465-71.
21. Willett WC, Sampson L, Browne ML, et al. The use of a self-administered questionnaire to assess diet four years in the past. Am J Epidemiol 1988;127:188-99.
22. Munger RG, Folsom AR, Kushi LH, et al. Dietary assessment of older Iowa women with a food frequency questionnaire: nutrient intake, reproducibility, and comparison with 24-hour dietary recall interviews. Am J Epidemiol 1992;136:192-200.
23. MacGregor AJ, Silman AJ. A reappraisal of the measurement of disease occurrence in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1992;19:1163-5.
24. Cox DR. Regression models and life tables (with discussion). J R Stat Soc B 1972;34:187-220.
25. Willett WC, Howe GR, Kushi LH. Adjustment for total energy intake in epidemiologic studies. Am J Clin Nutr 1997; 65(suppl):1220S-8S.
26. Bauernfeind JC. The tocopherol content of food and influencing factors. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 1977;8:337-82.
27. Ashoor SH, Monte WC. Retention of vitamin C in processed foods. J Appl Nutr 1984;26:154-9.
28. Willett WC. Nutritional epidemiology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1990.
29. Deal CL, Meenan RF, Goldenberg DL, et al. The clinical features of elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison with younger-onset disease of similar duration. Arthritis Rheum 1985;28:987-94.
30. van der Heijde DM, van Riel PL, van Leeuwen MA, et al. Older versus younger onset rheumatoid arthritis: results at onset and after 2 years of a prospective followup study of early rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1991;18:1285-9.
31. van Schaardenburg D, Hazes JM, de Boer A, et al. Outcome of rheumatoid arthritis in relation to age and rheumatoid factor at diagnosis. J Rheumatol 1993;20:45-52.
32. Hasstedt SJ, Clegg DO, Ingles L, et al. HLA-linked rheumatoid arthritis. Am J Hum Genet 1994;55:738-46.
33. Lynn AH, Kwoh CK, Venglish CM, et al. Genetic epidemiol ogy of rheumatoid arthritis. Am J Hum Genet 1995;57:150-9.
34. Knekt P, Heliovaara M, Aho K, et al. Serum selenium, serum alpha-tocopherol, and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Epidemiology 2000;11:402-5.
35. Yong LC, Forman MR, Beecher GR, et al. Relationship between dietary intake and plasma concentrations of carotenoids in premenopausal women: application of the USDA-NCI carotenoid food-composition database. Am J Clin Nutr 1994;60:223-30.
36. Ritenbaugh C, Peng YM, Aickin M, et al. New carotenoid values for foods improve relationship of food frequency questionnaire intake estimates to plasma values. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1996;5:907-12.
37. Michaud DS, Giovannucci EL, Ascherio A, et al. Associations of plasma carotenoid concentrations and dietary intake of specific carotenoids in samples of two prospective cohort studies using a new carotenoid database. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1998;7:283-90.
38. Rock CL. Carotenoids: biology and treatment. Pharmacol Ther 1997;75:185-97.
39. Buratti S, Pellegrini N, Brenna OV, et al. Rapid electrochemical method for the evaluation of the antioxidant power of some lipophilic food extracts. J Agric Food Chem 2001;49:5136-41.