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July 30, 2019; 93 (5) Article

High BMI is associated with low ALS risk

A population-based study

Ola Nakken, Haakon E. Meyer, Hein Stigum, Trygve Holmøy
First published June 26, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000007861
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vol. 93 no. 5 e424-e432
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000007861
PubMed: 
31243073
Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • Received December 14, 2018
  • Accepted in final form March 18, 2019
  • First Published June 26, 2019.

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© 2019 American Academy of Neurology

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    1. Ola Nakken, MD,
    2. Haakon E. Meyer, MD, PhD,
    3. Hein Stigum, Dr Philos and
    4. Trygve Holmøy, MD, PhD
  1. Ola Nakken, MD,
    2. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. (1) ALS Norway

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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  2. Haakon E. Meyer, MD, PhD,
    3. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Member of the Editorial Board of Osteoporosis International / Archives of Osteoporosis

    Patents:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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  3. Hein Stigum, Dr Philos and
    4. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

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  4. Trygve Holmøy, MD, PhD
    5. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. 1) Commercial: Biogen2) Commercial: Sanofi3) Commercial: Roche4) Non profit: Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Society

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. 1) Commercial: Speakers honoraria from Merck Serono2) Commercial: Speakers honoraria from Sanofi Aventis3) Commercial: Speakers honoraria from Biogen Idec4) Commercial: Speakers honoraria from Novartis5) Commercial: Speakers honoraria from Genzyme

    Editorial Boards:

    1. 1) Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, Editorial Advisory Board member, 2008-present.2) The Open Virology Journal, Editorial Advisory Board member, 2010-present3) Future Neurology, Editorial Advisory Board member, 2010-present

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. Merck Serono, Norway

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. ALS Norway

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

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  1. From the Institute of Clinical Medicine, Campus Ahus (O.N., T.H.), and Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, Institute of Health and Society (H.E.M., H.S.), University of Oslo; Department of Neurology (O.N., T.H.), Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog; and Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing (H.E.M., H.S.), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
  1. Correspondence
    Dr. Nakken ola.nakken{at}medisin.uio.no
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