Veronika K Jaeger1, Gabriele Valentini2, Eric Hachulla3, Franco Cozzi4, Oliver Distler5, Paolo Airó6, Laszlo Czirják7, Yannick Allanore8, Elise Siegert9, Edoardo Rosato10, Marco Matucci-Cerinic11, Cristian Caimmi12, Jörg Henes13, Patricia E Carreira14, Vanessa Smith15, Francesco Del Galdo16, Christopher P Denton17, Susanne Ullman18, Ellen De Langhe19, Valeria Riccieri10, Juan J Alegre-Sancho20, Simona Rednic21, Ulf Müller-Ladner22, Ulrich A Walker1. 1. University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland. 2. Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy. 3. Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Huriez, Université de Lille, Lille, France. 4. University of Padova, Padua, Italy. 5. University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. 6. Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy. 7. University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary. 8. Department of Rheumatology A, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France. 9. University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany. 10. Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. 11. University of Florence and Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy. 12. University of Verona, Verona, Italy. 13. Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. 14. Hospital Universitario, 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. 15. Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. 16. University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. 17. University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. 18. Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. 19. University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. 20. Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain. 21. University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. 22. Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Data on the role of tobacco exposure in systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma) severity and progression are scarce. We aimed to assess the effects of smoking on the evolution of pulmonary and skin manifestations, based on the European Scleroderma Trials and Research group database. METHODS: Adult SSc patients with data on smoking history and a 12-24-month follow-up visit were included. Associations of severity and progression of organ involvement with smoking history and the Comprehensive Smoking Index were assessed using multivariable regression analyses. RESULTS: A total of 3,319 patients were included (mean age 57 years, 85% female); 66% were never smokers, 23% were ex-smokers, and 11% were current smokers. Current smokers had a lower percentage of antitopoisomerase autoantibodies than previous or never smokers (31% versus 40% and 45%, respectively). Never smokers had a higher baseline forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity (FEV1 /FVC) ratio than previous and current smokers (P < 0.001). The FEV1 /FVC ratio declined faster in current smokers than in never smokers (P = 0.05) or ex-smokers (P = 0.01). The baseline modified Rodnan skin thickness score (MRSS) and the MRSS decline were comparable across smoking groups. Although heavy smoking (>25 pack-years) increased the odds of digital ulcers by almost 50%, there was no robust adverse association of smoking with digital ulcer development. CONCLUSION: The known adverse effect of smoking on bronchial airways and alveoli is also observed in SSc patients; however, robust adverse effects of smoking on the progression of SSc-specific pulmonary or cutaneous manifestations were not observed.
OBJECTIVE: Data on the role of tobacco exposure in systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma) severity and progression are scarce. We aimed to assess the effects of smoking on the evolution of pulmonary and skin manifestations, based on the European Scleroderma Trials and Research group database. METHODS: Adult SSc patients with data on smoking history and a 12-24-month follow-up visit were included. Associations of severity and progression of organ involvement with smoking history and the Comprehensive Smoking Index were assessed using multivariable regression analyses. RESULTS: A total of 3,319 patients were included (mean age 57 years, 85% female); 66% were never smokers, 23% were ex-smokers, and 11% were current smokers. Current smokers had a lower percentage of antitopoisomerase autoantibodies than previous or never smokers (31% versus 40% and 45%, respectively). Never smokers had a higher baseline forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity (FEV1 /FVC) ratio than previous and current smokers (P < 0.001). The FEV1 /FVC ratio declined faster in current smokers than in never smokers (P = 0.05) or ex-smokers (P = 0.01). The baseline modified Rodnan skin thickness score (MRSS) and the MRSS decline were comparable across smoking groups. Although heavy smoking (>25 pack-years) increased the odds of digital ulcers by almost 50%, there was no robust adverse association of smoking with digital ulcer development. CONCLUSION: The known adverse effect of smoking on bronchial airways and alveoli is also observed in SSc patients; however, robust adverse effects of smoking on the progression of SSc-specific pulmonary or cutaneous manifestations were not observed.
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