Consumption of alcohol may reduce the risk of rheumatoid arthritis by half, according to a new study also found that the heaviest drinkers were less likely to contract the disease.
Two studies involving more than 2750 employees, found not only that alcohol had a protective effect, but could reduce the additional risk of rheumatoid arthritis run by people who smoke and who have a genetic predisposition to disease.
The research, published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, was conducted by Dr Henrik Kallberg and Dr Lars Alfredsson of the Institute of Environmental Medicine at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
Adding alcohol to drinking water of mice was recently shown to reduce clinical signs of arthritis and joint damage. But this is the first study to be conducted on the effect of people's spending habits on their chances of developing rheumatoid arthritis.
Two separate studies, which have already been made of people with rheumatoid arthritis were used. The researchers compared the smoking habits of those who attended a similar number of people from similar backgrounds who did not develop the disease. Researchers found that among those who drink regular quarter, the highest alcohol consumption were 50% less likely to contract the disease than the half who drank the least. There was no gender difference.
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