Publications by authors named "Louise Hedenstierna"
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at how having low social support or low decision-making power at work affects patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and whether it helps them get better over time.
- They collected information from many patients in Sweden and compared those with low support or low decision-making ability to those who had more support and power.
- The results showed that neither low social support nor low decision-making at work made a difference in whether patients achieved remission from their disease at 3, 12, or 60 months.
Objective: Several, but not all studies, have shown a dose-dependent inverse association with alcohol consumption and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), whereas smoking is an established risk factor for RA. We aimed to study the association between alcohol consumption and RA incidence and investigate a potential interaction between alcohol and smoking habits, regarding RA incidence.
Methods: We used a prospective cohort study, based on 41 068 participants with detailed assessment of alcohol intake, smoking and potential confounders at baseline in 1997.