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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Main Authors: Sayer, A, Poole, J, Cox, V, Kuh, D, Hardy, R, Wadsworth, M, Cooper, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003