Smoking and Graves' disease
- smoking increases the risk of Graves' disease and Graves' ophthalmology (odds ratio 1.9 and 7.7 in smokers versus non-smokers)
- patients who smoke who have Graves' disease - particularly with significant ophthalmology - should be advised to stop smoking
Reference:
- BMJ (1999), 319, 894-99
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