Obesity is independently associated with worse patient-reported outcomes in women with systemic lupus erythematosus
Arthritis Care & Research Jan 04, 2019
Patterson SL, et al. - Authors studied 148 candidates including 32% obese persons to determine the relationship between obesity [defined by fat mass index (FMI) ≥13 kg/m2 and body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2] in females with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and worse patient-reported outcomes (PROs). They observed obese group with worse mean adjusted scores for pain and fatigue. They also noted that obesity was independently linked to worse PROs, including disease activity and depressive symptoms.
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