The Association of Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity With Clinical Hip Osteoarthritis in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures and the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study Cohorts

Objective Metabolic dysregulation frequently co‐occurs with obesity, which has been shown to be a risk factor for lower extremity osteoarthritis (OA). We evaluated the association between metabolic syndrome (MetS), alone and in combination with obesity, and hip OA. Methods In two parallel cross‐sect...

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Main Authors: Karen Y. Cheng, Elsa S. Strotmeyer, Deborah M. Kado, John T. Schousboe, Simon Schenk, Michael Nevitt, Nancy E. Lane, Jan M. Hughes‐Austin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-03-01
Series:ACR Open Rheumatology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/acr2.11518