Objective: To quantify the influence of cigarette smoking on the risk of developing
rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: 679 cases and 847 controls included during May 1996 …

Background Obesity is associated with increased mortality. Weight loss improves
cardiovascular risk factors, but no prospective interventional studies have reported whether …

Context Obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular events. Weight loss might protect against
cardiovascular events, but solid evidence is lacking. Objective To study the association …

A longitudinal population study of 1462 women aged 38-60 was carried out in Gothenburg,
Sweden, in 1968-9. In univariate analysis the ratio of waist to hip circumference showed a …

Objective To investigate whether smoking and HLA–DR shared epitope (SE) genes may
interact in triggering immune reactions to citrulline‐modified proteins. Methods In a case …

Background Obesity is a risk factor for cancer. Intentional weight loss in the obese might
protect against malignancy, but evidence is limited. To our knowledge, the Swedish Obese …

This part of an on-going intervention trial analyses impacts of obesity on psychosocial
factors and health. The study sample comprised 800 obese men (BMI> or= 34 kg/m2) and …

Keratinous tissues such as nail, hair, horn, scales and feather have been used as a source
of DNA for over 20 years. Particular benefits of such tissues include the ease with which they …

Objective: To investigate the longitudinal relationship between body mass index (BMI), a
major vascular risk factor, and cerebral atrophy, a marker of neurodegeneration, in a …

Population-based research on diet, obesity and the metabolic syndrome is faced with
accumulating evidence of biases that may profoundly affect results. One potential source of …