Life course body mass index and risk of knee osteoarthritis at the age of 53 years: Evidence from the 1946 British birth cohort study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 655-660

  Wills, Andrew K ^a   Black, Stephanie ^a   Cooper, Rachel ^a   Coppack, Russell J ^b   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Martin, Kathryn Remmes ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^c   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DMRC Headley Court ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84859517220     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2011.154021     Document Type: Article

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