PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Elana Meer
AU  - Alexis Ogdie
TI  - Drs. Meer and Ogdie reply
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.220095
DP  - 2022 Jul 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - jrheum.220095
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2022/06/24/jrheum.220095.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2022/06/24/jrheum.220095.full
AB  - We thank Dr. Liao et al1 for their letter and thoughtful comments about our study.2 We agree that, in general, current drinking would theoretically have a stronger association with disease than past drinking.