In the present study, the relation between air pollutants and RA disease activity was measured using several regression models, to ensure that this association was still present even after the addition of RA factors that were highly significant for DAS-28 and CDAI.
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Influence of Ambient Air Pollution on Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Score Index.
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RA is considered as the most common chronic systemic auto-immune disease affecting joints, musculoskeletal apparatus, and fibrous tissues [ 37 ], whose incidence is expected to follow a positive trend during the following years [ 38 ].