TY - JOUR T1 - Changes in Overall Health May Have Caused Recent Declines in Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1064 LP - 1064 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.080952 VL - 37 IS - 5 AU - SCOTT T. ANDERSON Y1 - 2010/05/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/37/5/1064.2.abstract N2 - To the Editor:Abelson, et al demonstrate, via metaanalysis of 84 cohort studies, a decline in erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) levels from around 47 mm/h beginning in 1954 to less than 30 mm/h after 1985, a decline of about 30%1. ESR may yield different results based upon the technique employed, with Westergren yielding higher results than Wintrobe, for example. Although Westergren has become … ER -