Obesity and knee osteoarthritis: new insights provided by body composition studies

Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Feb;16(2):232-40. doi: 10.1038/oby.2007.30.

Authors

Andrew J Teichtahl¹, Yuanyuan Wang, Anita E Wluka, Flavia M Cicuttini

Affiliation

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

PMID: 18239629
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.30

No abstract available

Publication types

Comment
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Body Composition / physiology*
Body Mass Index
Body Weight / physiology
Humans
Obesity / complications*
Obesity / physiopathology
Osteoarthritis, Knee / etiology*
Osteoarthritis, Knee / physiopathology
Prevalence
Risk Factors