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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an established risk factor, but less is known about metabolic risk factors in individuals without diabetes. Our study aimed to explore the association of body mass index (BMI) with UNE during long-term follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The population-based cohort study Malm\u00f6 Diet and Cancer Study (MDCS) and the Swedish Patient Register (NPR) were cross-linked. Between 1991 and 1996, 30,446 subjects were recruited to MDCS and were followed to a diagnosis of UNE, emigration, death, or end of study on December 31, 2020. BMI at study entry was stratified into normal weight (&lt;25), overweight (25\u201330) and obesity (&gt;30). To omit the effect of DM, individuals with prevalent or incident DM were excluded. 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Both overweight (HR 1.55; 95% CI 1.12\u20132.15,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.01) and obesity (HR 2.23; 95% CI 1.40\u20133.57,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001) were associated with an increased risk compared to individuals with normal weight.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>High BMI is associated with the development of UNE in individuals without diabetes, indicating that high BMI is an independent risk factor for the development of nerve entrapment disorders irrespective of hyperglycaemia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1038\/s41366-025-01899-y","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,17]],"date-time":"2025-09-17T04:11:36Z","timestamp":1758082296000},"page":"2358-2363","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Body mass index and the risk of ulnar nerve entrapment in individuals without diabetes\u2014a longitudinal cohort study from Sweden"],"prefix":"10.1038","volume":"49","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8249-8660","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mattias","family":"Rydberg","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1334-3099","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lars B.","family":"Dahlin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5652-8459","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Peter M.","family":"Nilsson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9925-3838","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Malin","family":"Zimmerman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"1899_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"342","DOI":"10.4239\/wjd.v7.i17.342","volume":"7","author":"E Rota","year":"2016","unstructured":"Rota E, Morelli N. 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