Rheumatoid arthritis and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma among women: A marginal structural model analysis in the Nurses ’ Health Study

We investigated whether RA increases risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma independent of factors occurring before RA onset or mediating these respiratory morbidities after diagnosis, such as cigarette smoking.

Source: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism - September 15, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Jeffrey A. Sparks, Tzu-Chieh Lin, Carlos A. Camargo, Medha Barbhaiya, Sara K. Tedeschi, Karen H. Costenbader, Benjamin A. Raby, Hyon K. Choi, Elizabeth W. Karlson Source Type: research