Abasolo Lydia, Tobías Aurelio, Leon Leticia, Carmona Loreto, Fernandez-Rueda Jose Luis, Rodriguez Ana Belen, Fernandez-Gutierrez Benjamin, Jover Juan Angel
Rheumatology Unit, Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
Reumatol Clin. 2013 Jul-Aug;9(4):226-8. doi: 10.1016/j.reuma.2012.09.006. Epub 2013 Feb 4.
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) complain that weather conditions aggravate their symptoms. We investigated the short-term effects of weather conditions on worsening of RA and determined possible seasonal fluctuations.
We conducted a case-crossover study in Madrid, Spain. Daily cases of RA flares were collected from the emergency room of a tertiary level hospital between 2004 and 2007.
245 RA patients who visited the emergency room 306 times due to RA related complaints as the main diagnostic reason were included in the study. Patients from 50 to 65 years old were 16% more likely to present a flare with lower mean temperatures.
Our results support the belief that weather influences rheumatic pain in middle aged patients.
类风湿关节炎（RA）患者抱怨天气状况会加重他们的症状。我们研究了天气状况对RA病情恶化的短期影响，并确定了可能的季节性波动。
我们在西班牙马德里进行了一项病例交叉研究。2004年至2007年期间，从一家三级医院的急诊室收集了每日RA病情发作的病例。
本研究纳入了245例因RA相关主诉作为主要诊断原因而到急诊室就诊306次的RA患者。50至65岁的患者在平均气温较低时病情发作的可能性要高16%。
我们的结果支持天气会影响中年患者风湿性疼痛这一观点。
