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Obesity and Knee Osteoarthritis.
- Source :
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Annals of Internal Medicine . 7/1/88, Vol. 109 Issue 1, p18. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 1988
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Abstract
- Focuses on a study conducted by the Framingham Heart Study using cohort analysis to determine whether obesity is the possible cause of knee osteoarthritis. Description of osteoarthritis; Difference in risks of getting osteoarthritis for both obese women and men; Observance of an association between antecedent obesity and both symptomatic and asymptomatic radiographic osteoarthritis.
- Subjects :
- *OSTEOARTHRITIS
*OBESITY
*KNEE diseases
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00034819
- Volume :
- 109
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6954234
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-109-1-18