Weight from birth to 53 years: a longitudinal study of the influence on clinical hand osteoarthritis.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the influence of body weight throughout the life course on the development of clinical hand osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS: A British national survey was used to perform a prospective cohort study of 1,467 men and 1,519 women born in 1946. Weight was measured at birth and at s...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2003
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