An unfavorable body composition is common in early arthritis patients: A case control study.

An unfavorable body composition is often present in chronic arthritis patients. This unfavorable composition is a loss of muscle mass, with a stable or increased (abdominal) fat mass. Since it is unknown when this unfavorable composition develops, we compared body composition in disease-modifying an...

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Main Authors: Samina A Turk, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Maarten Boers, Sylvia de Boer, Cindy Fokker, Willem F Lems, Michael T Nurmohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5863963?pdf=render