Interrelationships of Sex, Physician-Diagnosed Arthritis, Chronic Inflammation, and Physical Functioning in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys
Objective: To examine whether serum concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP) and fibrinogen were associated with total score on a validated 12-item physical functioning scale and whether the magnitude and direction of these associations differed according to sex and physician-diagnosed arthritis....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2015-06-01
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Series: | Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721415591680 |