Join Drs Maureen McMahon and Karen Costenbader as they explore how diet, pollution, infections, and lifestyle factors influence lupus risk and what patients can do about it.

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Resources

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/332244-overview

Risk Prediction Models for Incident Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Among Women in the Nurses' Health Study Cohorts Using Genetics, Family History, and Lifestyle and Environmental Factors https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36481507/

Association of Macronutrients and Dietary Patterns With Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the Black Women's Health Study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34225359/

Dietary Patterns and Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Women https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31718449/

Alternative Dietary Indices Both Strongly Predict Risk of Chronic Disease https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22513989/

Ultra-Processed Foods: What They Are and How to Identify Them https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30744710/

Anti-dsDNA Antibodies in the Classification Criteria of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35028552/

Identifying and Estimating Ultraprocessed Food Intake in the US NHANES According to the Nova Classification System of Food Processing https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36913457/

Development of a Predictive Model for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Incidence Risk Based on Environmental Exposure Factors https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39572059/

Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases and Multiple Industrial Air Pollutant Emissions: A Large General Population Canadian Cohort Analysis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37068387/

Pesticide Exposure and Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Licensed Male Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28718769/

Pesticide Exposure and Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in an Urban Population of Predominantly African-American Women https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30309287/

Association of Sleep Deprivation and the Risk of Developing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Among Women https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36094865/