Eating Disorders, Autoimmune, and Autoinflammatory Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Identifying factors associated with risk for eating disorders is important for clarifying etiology and for enhancing early detection of eating disorders in primary care. We hypothesized that autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases would be associated with eating disorders in children and adolescents and that family history of these illnesses would be associated with eating disorders in probands.

Methods

In this large, nationwide, population-based cohort study of all children and adolescents born in Denmark between 1989 and 2006 and managed until 2012, Danish medical registers captured all inpatient and outpatient diagnoses of eating disorders and autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases. The study population included 930 977 individuals (48.7% girls). Cox proport

SUBMITTER: Zerwas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5703777 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature