Association of restless legs syndrome and obesity: A sub-population of the MASHAD cohort study
There was a significant association between BMI and RLS. A BMI>30 kg/m<sup>2</sup> increased the odds of RLS by 1.50 times in the study population.
Authors
- Fatemeh Taherian
- Afshin Vafaei
- Maryam Saberi‐Karimian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2314-0471)
- Sara Saffar Soflaei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6795-0623)
- Fatemeh Khorashadizadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0681-2670)
- Mahnaz Amini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5205-4647)
- Gordon A. Ferns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0957-8349)
- Abdirahim Rashid
- Habibollah Esmaily (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4139-546X)
- Majid Ghayour‐Mobarhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1081-6754)
- Sara Yousefian
- Reza Salaran
Institutions
- Brighton and Sussex Medical School (GB)
- University of Neyshabur (IR)
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
- Published
- 2025-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbscr.2025.100113
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Restless Legs Syndrome Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.42
Funders
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences