Antinuclear antibodies and mortality in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2004).

Recent studies suggest antinuclear antibodies (ANA) may be related to mortality risk, but evidence is sparse and inconclusive. Thus, we investigated ANA associations with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in U.S. adults.Our sample included 3357 adults (ages ≥20 years) from the 1999-2004 Nationa...

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Main Authors: Gregg E Dinse, Christine G Parks, Clarice R Weinberg, Helen C S Meier, Caroll A Co, Edward K L Chan, Frederick W Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5633179?pdf=render