Use of statins is associated with a lower prevalence of generalised osteoarthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 943-945

  Valdes, A M ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Muir, K ^b   Maciewicz, R A ^c   Doherty, S ^a   Doherty, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; FLUINDOSTATIN; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERALIZED OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; LETTER; LIPID METABOLISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TREATMENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84897969077     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204382     Document Type: Letter

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