Obesity, waist circumference, weight change and the risk of psoriasis in US women
Obesity, waist circumference, weight change and the risk of psoriasis in US women
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DOI:
10.1111/jdv.12001
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发表时间:
2013-10-01
影响因子:
9.2
通讯作者:
Qureshi, A. A.
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作者:
Kumar, S.;Han, J.;Qureshi, A. A.
Objective To evaluate the associations between body mass index (BMI), weight change, waist circumference, hip circumference and risk of incident psoriasis. Methods A prospective study of female nurses who were followed up over a 12-year period (1996-2008) in Nurses' Health Study, a cohort of 121700 US women at the inception in 1976. The study included 67300 women who responded to a question about a history of physician-diagnosed psoriasis in last 12years in 2008 (mean age at 1996, 62years). The primary outcome was self-reported, physician-diagnosed psoriasis. Results During the 12years of follow-up, there were a total of 809 incident psoriasis cases. There was a graded positive association between BMI (both baseline and updated) and the risk of psoriasis (both P values for trend