Smoking is associated with an increased risk of developing ACPA-positive but not ACPA-negative rheumatoid arthritis in Asian populations: evidence from the Malaysian MyEIRA case–control study
- 18 October 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Modern Rheumatology
- Vol. 22 (4), 524-531
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10165-011-0544-2
Abstract
We investigated the association between cigarette smoking and the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the Malaysian population. A total of 1,056 RA patients and 1,416 matched controls aged 18–70 years within a defined area of Peninsular Malaysia were evaluated in a case–control study between August 2005 and December 2009. A case was defined as a person with early diagnosed RA using the 1987 American College of Rheumatology criteria for RA. Controls were randomly selected matched for sex, age, and residential area. Cases and controls answered a questionnaire on a broad range of issues, including lifestyle factors and smoking habits wherein current and former smoking was classified as ever-smoking. The presence of anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPA) was determined for cases and controls. We found that ever-smokers had an increased risk of developing ACPA-positive RA [odds ratio (OR) = 4.1, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.9–9.2] but not ACPA-negative RA (OR = 0.7, 95% CI 0.3–2.0), compared with never-smokers. A significant dose–response relationship between cumulative dose of smoking and risk of ACPA-positive RA was observed (<20 pack-years OR = 3.3, 95% CI 1.1–9.8; at least 20 pack-years OR = 5.2, 95% CI 1.6–17.6). Hence, smoking is associated with an increased risk of ACPA-positive RA in the Malaysian population, in which the genetic context is similar to several other Asian countries.Keywords
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