Women have increased rates of cartilage loss and progression of cartilage defects at the knee than men: A gender study of adults without clinical knee osteoarthritis

Menopause

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 666-670

  Hanna, Fahad S ^a,b   Teichtahl, Andrew J ^a   Wluka, Anita E ^a,b   Wang, Yuanyuan ^a   Urquhart, Donna M ^a   English, Dallas R ^c,d   Giles, Graham G ^c   Cicuttini, Flavia M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Defects; Gender; Knee joint; Osteoarthritis; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATELLA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA;

ADULT; AGED; CARTILAGE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATELLA; SEX FACTORS; TIBIA;

EID: 68449083296     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318198e30e     Document Type: Article

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