Obesity increases the prevalence and severity of focal knee abnormalities diagnosed using 3T MRI in middle-aged subjects—data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative

Objective To study the effect of BMI on the prevalence, severity, and 36-month progression of early degenerative changes in the knee by using 3T MRI in middle-aged subjects without radiographic osteoarthritis (OA). Materials and methods We examined baseline and 36-month follow-up MR studies from 137...

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Published in:	Skeletal radiology Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 633 - 641
Main Authors:	Laberge, Marc A., Baum, Thomas, Virayavanich, Warapat, Nardo, Lorenzo, Nevitt, M. C., Lynch, J., McCulloch, C. E., Link, Thomas M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.06.2012 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Age Body Mass Index Body weight Bone marrow Cartilage diseases Comorbidity Female Humans Imaging Knee Magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic Resonance Imaging - statistics & numerical data Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health meniscus Middle Aged Nuclear Medicine Obesity Obesity - diagnosis Obesity - epidemiology Orthopedics Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis, Knee - diagnosis Osteoarthritis, Knee - epidemiology Pathology Prevalence Radiology Reproducibility of Results Risk Assessment Risk Factors San Francisco - epidemiology Scientific Article Sensitivity and Specificity Sex Statistical analysis Tears San Francisco Knee Obesity Cartilage Meniscus Osteoarthritis BMI
ISSN:	0364-2348, 1432-2161, 1432-2161
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