Scandinavian journal of rheumatology
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Scand. J. Rheumatol. · Jan 2019
Multicenter StudyMetabolic risk factors and the incidence and progression of radiographic hand osteoarthritis: a population-based cohort study.
To determine whether selected metabolic factors are associated with greater amounts of radiographic hand osteoarthritis (OA) incidence and progression. ⋯ Overall metabolic risk factors were not independently or collectively associated with greater amounts of radiographic hand OA incidence or progression over 7 years, but diabetes was associated with radiographic progression in nodal, and possibly generalized and erosive OA. Diabetes has previously been associated with prevalent but not incident hand OA. Further investigation in hand OA subsets using objective measures accounting for disease duration and control is warranted.
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Scand. J. Rheumatol. · Jan 2019
Multicenter Study Observational StudySmoking and response to rituximab in rheumatoid arthritis: results from an international European collaboration.
To investigate whether smoking habits predict response to rituximab (RTX) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ⋯ In this large, observational, multinational RA cohort, smokers starting RTX differed from non-smokers by having shorter disease duration and lower disease activity, but more previous treatments. The overall results do not support smoking as an important predictor for response to RTX in patients with RA.