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Metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for total hip or knee replacement due to primary osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study (the HUNT study and the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register)

OBJECTIVE: Biochemical changes associated with obesity may accelerate osteoarthritis beyond the effect of mechanical factors. This study investigated whether metabolic syndrome and its components (visceral obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia and insulin resistance) were risk factors for subsequent t...

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Autores principales: Hellevik, Alf Inge, Johnsen, Marianne Bakke, Langhammer, Arnulf, Baste, Valborg, Furnes, Ove, Storheim, Kjersti, Zwart, John Anker, Flugsrud, Gunnar Birkeland, Nordsletten, Lars
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5768432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29391831
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S145823