Open AccessEffect of long-term antibiotic use on weight in adolescents with acne
Author(s) -
Despina G. ContopoulosIoannidis,
Catherine Ley,
Wei Wang,
Ting Ma,
C Olson,
Xiaoli Shi,
Harold S. Luft,
Trevor Hastie,
Julie Parsonnet
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkv455
Subject(s) - antibiotics , medicine , cohort , acne , clindamycin , pediatrics , dermatology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Antibiotics increase weight in farm animals and may cause weight gain in humans. We used electronic health records from a large primary care organization to determine the effect of antibiotics on weight and BMI in healthy adolescents with acne.
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