Association of body mass index with knee cartilage damage in an asymptomatic population-based study

Association of body mass index with knee cartilage damage in an asymptomatic population-based study

Abstract Background Cartilage changes are an important early finding of osteoarthritis (OA), which can exist even before symptoms. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of knee cartilage damage on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in an asymptomatic population-based cross-sectional study and...

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Main Authors: Alvin Keng, Eric C. Sayre, Ali Guermazi, Savvakis Nicolaou, John M. Esdaile, Anona Thorne, Joel Singer, Jacek A. Kopec, Jolanda Cibere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Subjects:
Obesity
Cartilage
Knee
Magnetic resonance imaging
Population-based
Asymptomatic
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12891-017-1884-7

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