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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Main Authors: Hind A. Beydoun MPH, PhD, David F. Archer MD, Alan B. Zonderman PhD, May A. Beydoun MPH, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-06-01
Series:Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721415591680