The lifetime risk of adult-onset rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory autoimmune rheumatic diseases
Crowson CS, Matteson EL, Myasoedova E et al.
Arthritis Rheum 2011;63:633–9.
The lifetime risk for women of developing an autoimmune inflammatory disease is one in 12, and the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis is nearly one in 25, higher than previously believed.