Rheumatoid arthritis patients who smoke have a higher need for DMARDs and feel worse, but they do not have more joint damage than non-smokers of the same serological group

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 849-854

  Westhoff, G ^a   Rau, R ^b   Zink, A ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Evangelisches Fach krankenhaus Ratingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti rheumatic drugs; Disease activity; Disease modifying anti rheumatic drugs; Joint damage; Outcome; Pack years; Radiographic erosion; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GLUCOCORTICOID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HANOVER FUNCTIONAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RATINGEN SCORE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROLOGY; SMOKING CESSATION; TWENTY EIGHT JOINT DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44849096792     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken057     Document Type: Article

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