Participation in Physical Activity and Risk for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mortality Among Postmenopausal Women | Zendy

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Participation in Physical Activity and Risk for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mortality Among Postmenopausal Women

Author(s) -

Yvonne L. Eaglehouse,

Evelyn O. Talbott,

YueFang Chang,

Lewis H. Kuller

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

jama neurology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.298

H-Index - 231

eISSN - 2168-6157

pISSN - 2168-6149

DOI - 10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.4487

Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , cohort , cohort study , population , disease , environmental health

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive, fatal disease with no known cause. Case studies primarily of athletes and several case-control studies have suggested that high levels of strenuous physical activity (PA) may increase the risk for ALS. This relationship has yet to be evaluated among women in population-based cohort studies.

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