The association of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration on magnetic resonance imaging with body mass index in overweight and obese adults: A population-based study

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1488-1496

  Samartzis, Dino ^a   Karppinen, Jaro ^b   Chan, Danny ^a   Luk, Keith D K ^a   Cheung, Kenneth M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860442850     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.33462     Document Type: Article

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