Low body mass index is adversely associated with radiographic joint damage in Indian patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 434-438

  Velpula, Uma D ^a   Agrawal, Sumeet ^a   Thomas, Joe ^a   Prabu, V N Naga ^a   Rajasekhar, Liza ^a   Narsimulu, Gumdal ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Disease activity score; Obesity; Radiological Damage; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Simplified erosion narrowing score

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIMPLIFIED EROSIONS NARROWING SCORE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; JOINTS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79952368669     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100535     Document Type: Article

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