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Rheumatoid arthritis
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Obesity is a strong predictor of worse clinical outcomes and treatment responses in early rheumatoid arthritis: results from the SWEFOT trial

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  • Adrian Levitsky Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenRheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kerstin Brismar Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ingiäld Hafström Unit of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Karen Hambardzumyan Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenRheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Cecilia Lourdudoss Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ronald F van Vollenhoven Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Saedis Saevarsdottir Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Saedis Saevarsdottir; saedis.saevarsdottir{at}ki.se
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Levitsky A, Brismar K, Hafström I, et al
Obesity is a strong predictor of worse clinical outcomes and treatment responses in early rheumatoid arthritis: results from the SWEFOT trial
RMD Open 2017;3:e000458. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2017-000458

Publication history

  • Received March 9, 2017
  • Revision received April 16, 2017
  • Accepted May 2, 2017
  • First published August 9, 2017.
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July 18, 2023

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