A research team from Sweden - publishing in the journal Rheumatology - says that a high body mass index in men may reduce the risk of rheumatoid arthritis, though the same cannot be said for women.
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Researchers suggest a high BMI may protect men against rheumatoid arthritis, though this is not the case for women.

Dr. Carl Turesson, a physician with the Department of Rheumatology at Malmö University Hospital in Sweden and an affiliate with the Division of Rheumatology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN, told Medical News Today that "it is a general observation that abdominal obesity is seen more often in men.

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