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Diabetes mellitus and the risk of total knee replacement among Chinese in Singapore, the Singapore Chinese Health Study

Association between diabetes mellitus (diabetes) and risk of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is confounded by high body mass index (BMI), a strong risk factor for both conditions. We evaluated the association between diabetes and incidence of total knee replacement (TKR) due to severe KOA in the Singapore...

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Autores principales: Leung, Ying-Ying, Allen, John Carson, Ang, Li-Wei, Yuan, Jian-Min, Koh, Woon-Puay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5233971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28084472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep40671