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Lifestyle influences on outcome in rheumatoid arthritis
J D Hamilton1, E A Thomson, D Porter
1Centre for Rheumatic Disease, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Castle Street Glasgow.
Scottish Medical Journal
|December 29, 2000
Abstract:
Functional status in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as assessed by the HAQ is poorer in the West of Scotland than the USA or elsewhere. There is a possible link with social deprivation, which is common within the Greater Glasgow Healthboard area. Our aim was to determine if differences in lifestyle could contribute to the poorer functional outcome found in socially deprived patients.