| Literature DB >> 16767552 |
Masakazu Washio1, Takahiko Horiuchi, Chikako Kiyohara, Hiroko Kodama, Yoshifumi Tada, Toyoko Asami, Hiroki Takahashi, Gen Kobashi, Takashi Abe, Hisato Tanaka, Norihiko Nogami, Mine Harada, Hiroshi Tsukamoto, Saburo Ide, Kohei Nagasawa, Osamu Ushiyama, Takao Hotokebuchi, Kazushi Okamoto, Naomasa Sakamoto, Satoshi Sasaki, Yoshihiro Miyake, Tetsuji Yokoyama, Mitsuru Mori, Asae Oura, Yasuhisa Sinomura, Hiromu Suzuki, Motohisa Yamamoto, Yutaka Inaba, Masaki Nagai.
Abstract
Many risk factors have been proposed for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, there is little information about the relationship between lifestyles and SLE in Japan. Two case control studies were conducted in Kyushu, southern Japan, and in Hokkaido, northern Japan, to examine the relationship between lifestyles and development of SLE in females. The participants were 78 patients and 329 controls in Kyushu and 35 patients and 188 controls in Hokkaido. Smoking was associated with an increased risk of SLE after adjusting for age in both regions. However, in Hokkaido, this association between smoking and SLE did not reach statistical significance after adjusting for alcohol drinking. The present study suggests that smoking may increase the risk of SLE among Japanese females.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16767552 DOI： 10.1007/s10165-006-0474-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mod Rheumatol ISSN： 1439-7595 Impact factor: 3.023