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

Abstract

This study suggests that the risk of knee OA accumulates from exposure to a high BMI through adulthood.

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Subjects

• Body Mass Index
• Cohort Studies
• Comorbidity
• Female
• Great Britain
• Humans
• Life Change Events
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Obesity
• Osteoarthritis, Knee
• Sex Factors

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Authors

• Andrew K Wills
• Stephanie Black
• Rachel Cooper
• Russell J Coppack
• Rebecca Hardy
• Kathryn Remmes Martin
• Cyrus Cooper
• Diana Kuh

Publication date

2012-04-11

Journal

Journal topics

• Rheumatic Diseases

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Annals of the rheumatic diseases

MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, 33 Bedford Place, London WC1B 5JU, UK. a.wills [at] nshd.mrc.ac.uk

Release reference

Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 May;71(5):655-60

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