Sugar-sweetened soda consumption and risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis in women.

Abstract in brief

• Over the course of the study, which involved large groups of women from the Nurses' Health Study, 857 cases of RA were identified, and those drinking one or more servings of sugary soda had about a 63% increased risk compared to non-drinkers.
• The results suggest that consuming sugar-sweetened soda may play a role in triggering RA in women, particularly the seropositive type, but does not find evidence that diet soda affects RA risk.