Being overweight or obese and risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis among women: A prospective cohort study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1914-1922

  Lu, Bing ^a   Hiraki, Linda T ^a,b   Sparks, Jeffrey A ^a   Malspeis, Susan ^a   Chen, Chia Yen ^a,b   Awosogba, J Adebukola ^a   Arkema, Elizabeth V ^b   Costenbader, Karen H ^a   Karlson, Elizabeth W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921729108     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205459     Document Type: Article

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