The impact of smoking on response to tumor necrosis factor- α inhibitor treatment in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

This study suggested that smoking was associated with poorer patient-reported outcomes in biologic naïve AS patients initiating their first TNFi treatment, but it had no impact on the TNFi treatment response and retention rate.PMID:38031953 | PMC:PMC10760557 | DOI:10.55730/1300-0144.5661

Source: Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences - November 30, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Handan Yarkan Tu ğsal G ökçe Kenar Artin Ger çek Can Sedat Çapar Berrin Zengin Servet Akar H üseyin Ediz Dalkiliç Abdurrahman Soner Şenel S üleyman Serdar Koca Berna G öker Ayten Yazici G üzide Nevsun İnanç H ülya Ellidokuz Nurullah Akko ç Source Type: research