Association Between Overweight and Obesity and Risk of Clinically Diagnosed Knee, Hip, and Hand Osteoarthritis: A Population‐Based Cohort Study

Reyes, Carlen; M. Leyland, Kirsten; Peat, George; Cooper, Cyrus; K. Arden, Nigel; Prieto‐Alhambra, Daniel

doi:10.1002/art.39707

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Association Between Overweight and Obesity and Risk of Clinically Diagnosed Knee, Hip, and Hand Osteoarthritis: A Population‐Based Cohort Study

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Authors:

Carlen Reyes

Kirsten M. Leyland

George Peat

Abstract

Objective Studies of previous cohorts have demonstrated an association between a status of overweight/obesity and the presence of knee and hand osteoarthritis (OA). However, no data on the effect of these factors on the OA burden are available. The aim of the present study was to analyze the effect ...

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