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July 30, 2019; 93 (5) Article

High BMI is associated with low ALS risk

A population-based study

View ORCID ProfileOla Nakken, Haakon E. Meyer, Hein Stigum, View ORCID ProfileTrygve Holmøy
First published June 26, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000007861
Ola Nakken
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.
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Haakon E. Meyer
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.
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Hein Stigum
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.
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High BMI is associated with low ALS risk
A population-based study
Ola Nakken, Haakon E. Meyer, Hein Stigum, Trygve Holmøy
Neurology Jul 2019, 93 (5) e424-e432; DOI: 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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    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

    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. (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

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  3. Haakon E. Meyer, MD, PhD,
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    Editorial Boards:
    1. Member of the Editorial Board of Osteoporosis International / Archives of Osteoporosis

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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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    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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    1. NONE

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  5. Hein Stigum, Dr Philos and
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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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  7. Trygve Holmøy, MD, PhD
  8. 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

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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. Merck Serono, Norway

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. ALS Norway

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    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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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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