Summaries of Must-Read Clinical Literature, Guidelines, and FDA Actions

Smoking cessation could delay or prevent rheumatoid arthritis

Publish date:: February 22, 2019

Key clinical point: Smoking cessation significantly reduces the risk and delays the onset of rheumatoid arthritis.

Major finding: Women who quit smoking more than 30 years ago have a 37% lower risk of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis than do those who quit recently.

Study details: Analysis of data from 230,732 women in the Nurses’ Health Study and NHS II.

Disclosures: The National Institutes of Health supported the study. No conflicts of interest were declared.

Citation:

Liu X et al. Arthritis Care Res. 2019 Feb 21. doi: 10.1002/acr.23837.

This Week's Must Reads

Osteoporosis prevalence in PsA similar to general population,

Swedish registry study finds atopic dermatitis significantly associated with autoimmune diseases,

Weight loss may be paramount lifestyle change in preventing gout,

Gut microbiome influences response to methotrexate in new-onset RA patients,

Early treatment of RA with DMARDs promotes sustained remission,

Must Reads in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Gut microbiome influences response to methotrexate in new-onset RA patients,

Early treatment of RA with DMARDs promotes sustained remission,

Tocilizumab, methotrexate combo equals tocilizumab alone for preventing progression,

Biomarker-based prognostic score identifies cardiovascular risk in RA,

Early life exposure to famine raises risk of RA in adulthood,