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Impact of smoking status on Sjögren's disease diagnosis and phenotype: results from a cohort study with matched population controls.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 30 Jun 2026
Bandeira Matilde, Baranskaya Aliaksandra, Pucino Valentina, Nayar Saba, Higham Jon, Poveda-Gallego Ana, Rauz Saaeha, Bowman Simon J, Fisher Benjamin A
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OBJECTIVES: To examine associations between smoking and Sjögren's disease (SjD) diagnosis, compared with non-Sjögren's sicca syndrome (sicca) and population controls, and to explore immunomodulatory effects of smoking on disease phenotype. METHODS: Adults referred for suspected SjD to the Optimising Assessment in Sjögren's Syndrome (OASIS) cohort from 2014 until 2023 were classified as SjD or sicca. Smoking...
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