Study confirms link between rheumatoid arthritis and COPD
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 07:31
in Health & Medicine
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are two times more likely to have concurrent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than healthy controls -- an association which was sustained even when variables such as age, gender, smoking and obesity were controlled for, according to a study presented today at the EULAR 2011 Annual Congress.