Re: REVIEW - Environmental influences on risk for RA

[Guest guest]

Well crap it didn't say what they mean by " duration of breastfeeding " . I don't

have any of the risks they mentioned so I guess I can't even find environment to

blame based on this study. LOL Oh well, I was reaching anyway for something.

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> Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2009 Mar 21.

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> Environmental influences on risk for rheumatoid arthritis.

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> Liao KP, Alfredsson L, Karlson EW.

> aBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA bKarolinska

> Institutet, Sweden cStockholm Center for Public Health, Stockholm

> County Council, Stockholm, Sweden.

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> PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To examine new environmental factors and provide

> updates on known risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the

> past 2 years (2006-2008). This review is timely given the expanding

> information on treatment, pathogenesis and genetic risk factors for

> RA.

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> RECENT FINDINGS: High consumption of red meat does not increase risk

> of RA, whereas alcohol intake may be protective. The role of vitamin D

> and oral contraceptives as modifiers of disease risk remains

> equivocal. Other factors associated with increased risk of RA include

> higher birthweight, living in the northeastern United States compared

> with other regions of the country, and lower socioeconomic status.

> Duration of breastfeeding is inversely associated with RA risk.

> Several studies have now demonstrated that anti-citrullinated protein

> antibody positive RA has a specific association with environmental

> risk factors such as smoking.

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> SUMMARY: Recent studies have increased our understanding of

> environmental exposures that modify risk for RA such as smoking and

> alcohol intake. Other factors such as birthweight, breastfeeding,

> socioeconomic status and region of birth have also been demonstrated

> to contribute to risk. ACPA status is associated with specific

> environmental factors and is therefore important to incorporate into

> present and future studies.

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> PMID: 19318947

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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19318947

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> Not an MD

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[Guest guest]

Thanks , Well that probably doesn't apply to me either. I breastfed my kids

an entire year. Have a bunch of kids so that should have kept me from getting

RA in itself. LOL Who knows but know what I mean. LOL I sometimes wonder where

they come up with some of these studies. I know they are good but some things

just sound so out there. I just wish they would use the money in better places

like a cure.

> > Well crap it didn't say what they mean by " duration of breastfeeding " . I

> > don't have any of the risks they mentioned so I guess I can't even find

> > environment to blame based on this study. LOL Oh well, I was reaching anyway

> > for something.

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[Guest guest]

Go Figure!! I tried breastfeeding both of my children and didn't make it past

4-6 weeks either time. One more feather in my cap of reasons for having RA. Oh

well.....Doreen

> > Well crap it didn't say what they mean by " duration of

> > breastfeeding " . I don't have any of the risks they mentioned so I

> > guess I can't even find environment to blame based on this study.

> > LOL Oh well, I was reaching anyway for something.

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