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Does an increase in body mass index over 10 years affect knee structure in a population-based cohort study of adult women?

INTRODUCTION: Although obesity is a modifiable risk factor for knee osteoarthritis (OA), the effect of weight gain on knee structure in young and healthy adults has not been examined. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between body mass index (BMI), and change in BMI over the prec...

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Autores principales: Brennan, Sharon L, Cicuttini, Flavia M, Pasco, Julie A, Henry, Margaret J, Wang, Yuanyuan, Kotowicz, Mark A, Nicholson, Geoff C, Wluka, Anita E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945030/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20626854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar3078