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SUBMITTER: Gianfrancesco MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6445683 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of rheumatology 20181201 4
<h4>Objective</h4>Prior studies around the relationship between smoking and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity have reported inconsistent findings, which may be ascribed to heterogeneous study designs or biases in statistical analyses. We examined the association between smoking and RA outcomes using statistical methods that account for time-varying confounding and loss to followup.<h4>Methods</h4>We included 282 individuals with an RA diagnosis using electronic health record data collec ...[more]