Body mass index and risk of autoimmune diseases: A study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 843-855

  Harpsøe, Maria C ^a   Basit, Saima ^a   Andersson, Mikael ^a   Nielsen, Nete M ^a   Frisch, Morten ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Nohr, Ellen A ^b,c   Linneberg, Allan ^d   Jess, Tine ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Body mass index; Inflammation; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; OBESITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADDISON DISEASE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BEHCET DISEASE; BIRTH RATE; BODY MASS; BUERGER DISEASE; CELIAC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DENMARK; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GOODPASTURE SYNDROME; GRAVES DISEASE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REGISTER; REITER SYNDROME; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SARCOIDOSIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VITILIGO; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBESITY;

DENMARK;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84902656541     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu045     Document Type: Article

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