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The burden of metabolic syndrome on osteoarthritic joints
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) increases with obesity, with up to two thirds of the elderly obese population affected by OA of the knee. The metabolic syndrome (MetS), frequently associated with central obesity and characterised by elevated waist circumference, raised fasting plas...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6915944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31842972 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-019-2081-x |