TY - JOUR T1 - Dietary Intake of Antioxidants and Nutritional Factors Affecting the Illness in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis TT - بررسی دریافت منابع غذایی آنتی‌اکسیدان و عوامل تغذیه‌ای مؤثر بر بیماری آرتریت روماتوئید در زنان JF - RJMS JO - RJMS VL - 16 IS - 0 UR - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1162-en.html Y1 - 2009 SP - 39 EP - 46 KW - Rheumatoid arthritis KW - Dietary antioxidants KW - Nutritional factors N2 -      Background and Aim: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease in which stiffness, pain, and inflammation of joints are common. It has been observed that some dietary factors can ameliorate or woren the disease. Vegetarian diets and dairy products have had useful effects, while allergic foods tend to aggravate the condition. The main objective of this study was to assess dietary intake of antioxidants and nutritional factors affecting the illness in women with rheumatoid arthritis.  Patients and Methods: In this case-control study, 40 RA diagnosed female patients that had referred to the University clinic and 40 sex and age matched women from the patients relatives were selected as the case and control groups, respectively. Subjects’ dietary pattern was evaluated through food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) on daily, weekly and rarely intake of the main antioxidant sources. Data were analyzed with t and chi-square tests using SPSS software version number 13.  Results: Daily intake of tomato and fruits in controls was respectively 3 (P M3 ER -