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SUBMITTER: Mendall MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6478722 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mendall Michael A MA Jensen Camilla B CB Sørensen Thorkild I A TIA Ängquist Lars H LH Jess Tine T
Scientific reports 20190423 1
Body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased future risk of inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) particularly Crohn's disease(CD), where associations with high and low BMI have been observed. Most studies are based on adult women. We aimed to explore the impact of BMI in men entering adult life on their long-term risk of developing IBD. A total of 377,957 men born during 1939-1959, with BMI measured at draft boards at mean age 19, were followed from 1977, or time of examination, to end of 2015. ...[more]