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Left-handers have a lower prevalence of arthritis and ulcer.

McManus IC, Wysocki CJ

Department of Psychology, University College London, UK. i.mcmanus@ucl.ac.uk

In a very large study (N = 1,247,344), left-handedness showed no association with allergies overall (and an inconsistent association with individual allergies), but there was strong evidence that left-handers had lower rates of arthritis and ulcer--Arthritis: Odds-ratio (OR) = 0.942, 95% CI 0.922-0.962; Ulcer: OR = 0.920, 95% CI 0.896-0.944.

Published 25 April 2005 in Laterality, 10(2): 97-102.
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