Associations of body mass index and waist circumference with risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome in women and men: A prospective analysis of three cohort studies.
<h4>Background</h4>The association of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) with risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) has been inconsistent in previous studies.<h4>Methods</h4>We examined the associations of BMI and WC in relation to risk of GBS among 252,980 pa...
Main Authors: | Ming Ding, Andre Markon, Beverly Wolpert, Jorge E Chavarro |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239099 |
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