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. 2018 Jan 31;33(4):415–423. doi: 10.1007/s10654-018-0360-5

Table 4.

OR with 95% CI of developing ACPA positive RA and ACPA negative RA for smokers compared with never smokers, by age at smoking debut and cumulative dose of smoking

ACPA positive RA
Pack years of smoking
Age at smoking debut
0 < 10 10–20 > 20
0 730/2655 1.0 (reference)
< 20 242/689 1.2 (1.0–1.4) 302/530 2.1 (1.8–2.5) 497/637 3.1 (2.7–3.4)
20–25 115/310 1.3 (1.1–1.7) 104/212 2.0 (1.6–2.6) 133/183 3.0 (2.4–3.9)
> 25 129/382 1.3 (1.0–1.6) 56/78 3.0 (2.0–4.3) 23/50 1.9 (1.1–3.2)
ACPA negative RA
Pack years of smoking
Age at smoking debut
0 < 10 10–20 > 20
0 480/2655 1.0 (reference)
< 20 150/689 1.2 (1.0–1.5) 119/530 1.2 (1.0–1.5) 181/637 1.5 (1.2–1.8)
20–25 72/310 1.3 (1.0–1.8) 57/212 1.4 (1.1–2.0) 49/183 1.4 (1.0–1.9)
> 25 69/382 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 18/78 1.2 (0.7–2.0) 14/50 1.5 (0.8–2.7)

Adjusted for age, gender, residential area, study, ancestry, educational level, passive smoking, alcohol consumption, and body mass index at inclusion in the study