The effect of smoking on cumulative damage in systemic lupus erythematosus: An incident cohort study.

CONCLUSIONS: In this incident SLE cohort, past or current smoking predicted new SLE damage 4-5 years earlier. After adjustment, current smokers and patients with a pack-year history of >10 years accumulated damage at twice the rate of never smokers. PMID: 33470148 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33470148?dopt=Abstract

Source: Lupus - January 20, 2021 Category: Rheumatology Authors: McKown T, Schletzbaum M, Unnithan R, Wang X, Ezeh N, Bartels CM Tags: Lupus Source Type: research