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Associations of cigarette smoking with rheumatoid arthritis in African Americans.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Dec 2010
Mikuls Ted R, Sayles Harlan, Yu Fang, Levan Tricia, Gould Karen A, Thiele Geoffrey M, Conn Doyt L, Jonas Beth L, Callahan Leigh F, Smith Edwin, Brasington Richard, Moreland Larry W, Reynolds Richard J, Bridges S Louis
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of cigarette smoking with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in African Americans, and to determine whether this association is impacted by the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE). METHODS: Smoking status, cumulative smoking exposure, and SE status were determined in African American patients with RA and African American healthy controls. Associations of smoking with RA were examined using...
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