Body mass index, alcohol, tobacco and symptomatic gallstone disease: A Swedish twin study

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 262, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 581-587

  Katsika, D ^a   Tuvblad, C ^b   Einarsson, C ^a   Lichtenstein, P ^b   Marschall, H U ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Body mass index; Conditional logistic regression; Gallstones; Obesity; Overweight; Smoke free tobacco; Smoking; Swedish Twin Registry; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOBACCO; TWINS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 35448959360     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01860.x     Document Type: Article

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