Weight Loss, the Obesity Paradox, and the Risk of Death in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arthritis & Rheumatology2015Vol. 67(7), pp. 1711–1717
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Joshua F. Baker, Erica Billig, Kaleb Michaud, Said A. Ibrahim, Liron Caplan, Grant W. Cannon, Andrew Stokes, Vikas Majithia, Ted R. Mikuls
Abstract
Weight loss is a strong predictor of death in patients with RA. These observations may explain the observed obesity paradox and do not support a biologically protective role of obesity.
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