Weight reduction is not a major reason for improvement in rheumatoid arthritis from lacto-vegetarian, vegan or Mediterranean diets

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Sköldstam, Lars ^a   Brudin, Lars ^b   Hagfors, Linda ^c   Johansson, Gunnar ^c  

^a Department of Medicine   (Sweden)

^b KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEGETARIAN DIET; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 22544440625     PISSN: 14752891     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-4-15     Document Type: Article

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