High systemic bone mineral density increases the risk of incident knee OA and joint space narrowing, but not radiographic progression of existing knee OA: the MOST study.

OBJECTIVES: Previous studies suggest that high systemic bone mineral density (BMD) is associated with incident knee osteoarthritis (OA) defined by osteophytes but not with joint space narrowing (JSN), and are inconsistent regarding BMD and progression of existing OA. The association of BMD with inci...

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Main Authors: Nevitt, M, Zhang, Y, Javaid, M, Neogi, T, Curtis, JR, Niu, J, McCulloch, C, Segal, N, Felson, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010