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Relation of body mass index to risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease amongst women in the Danish National Birth Cohort.

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Crohn's disease (CD) has traditionally been associated with weight loss and low BMI, yet paradoxically obesity has recently been suggested as a risk factor for CD, but not for ulcerative colitis (UC). We therefore hypothesized that the relation between BMI and CD is U shaped.

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0
Journal
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PloS one
Volume
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13
Issue
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1
Number of Pages
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e0190600
Date Published
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2018
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http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190600
DOI
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10.1371/journal.pone.0190600
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PLoS One
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