Patberg W R, Nienhuis R L, Veringa F
J Rheumatol. 1985 Aug;12(4):711-5.
Reports indicate that weather conditions may affect some symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but not the disease itself. Eighty-eight patients living in the marine climate of the Dutch coastal provinces scored their pain symptoms daily during a full year. Correlation analyses of monthly patient averaged pain scores against each of 6 weather factors indicated that RA pain associates positively and quite significantly (p less than 0.01) with temperature and with vapour pressure, negatively and significantly (p less than 0.02) with relative humidity and not with any of the other factors. The fact that the relation between the temperature/vapour pressure complex and RA pain is stronger in summer than in winter is discussed.
报告表明，天气状况可能会影响类风湿性关节炎（RA）的某些症状，但不会影响疾病本身。88名生活在荷兰沿海省份海洋性气候中的患者在一整年里每天对自己的疼痛症状进行评分。对患者每月平均疼痛评分与6个天气因素分别进行相关性分析，结果表明，RA疼痛与温度和水汽压呈显著正相关（p<0.01），与相对湿度呈显著负相关（p<0.02），与其他因素均无相关性。文中讨论了温度/水汽压综合因素与RA疼痛之间的关系在夏季比冬季更强这一事实。
