Static knee alignment measurements among Caucasians and African Americans: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1987-1990

  Nelson, Amanda E ^d   Braga, Larissa ^a   Braga Baiak, Andresa ^b   Atashili, Julius ^c   Schwartz, Todd A ^c   Renner, Jordan B ^d   Helmick, Charles G ^e   Jordan, Joanne M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee alignment; Knee osteoarthritis; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ALIGNMENT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARUS KNEE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE MALALIGNMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349248604     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.081294     Document Type: Article

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