Life course body mass index and risk of knee osteoarthritis at the age of 53 years: evidence from the 1946 British birth cohort study

INTRODUCTION: The authors examined how body mass index (BMI) across life is linked to the risk of midlife knee osteoarthritis (OA), testing whether prolonged exposure to high BMI or high BMI at a particular period has the greatest influence on the risk of knee OA. METHODS: A population-based British...

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Main Authors: Wills, Andrew K, Black, Stephanie, Cooper, Rachel, Coppack, Russell J, Hardy, Rebecca, Martin, Kathryn Remmes, Cooper, Cyrus, Kuh, Diana
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Group 2011
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Clinical and Epidemiological Research
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3329229/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21979003
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.2011.154021
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