Association between testosterone levels and risk of future rheumatoid arthritis in men: A population-based case-control study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 573-579

  Pikwer, Mitra ^a   Giwercman, Aleksander ^b   Bergström, Ulf ^a   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^a   Jacobsson, Lennart T H ^a,c   Turesson, Carl ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84893738314     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202781     Document Type: Article

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