Study Confirms Link Between Rheumatoid Arthritis and COPD

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526064639.htm

ScienceDaily (May 27, 2011) — 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 at the EULAR 2011 Annual Congress.

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