Modifiable risk factors for RA: Prevention, better than cure?

Rheumatology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-512

  Lahiri, Manjari ^a,b   Morgan, Catharine ^a   Symmons, Deborah P M ^a   Bruce, Ian N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^c Manchester NIHR Biomedical Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Diet; Environment; Epidemiology; Lifestyle; Review; Rheumatoid arthritis; Risk factors; Smoking; Social class

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAFFEINE; CAROTENOID; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LEPTIN; LYCOPENE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PEPTIDYL ARGININE DEIMINASE TYPE 4; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE N22; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COFFEE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FRUIT; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYARTHRITIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RED MEAT; RED WINE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84857614365     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker299     Document Type: Article

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