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Title
Age, bodyweight, smoking habits and the risk of severe osteoarthritis in the hip and knee in men.
Authors
Järvholm, Bengt; Lewold, Stefan; Malchau, Henrik; Vingård, Eva
Abstract
The objective of this study was to estimate the risk of severe osteoarthritis, with the need for arthroplasty, in the knee and/or hip according to body mass index (BMI) both within a normal range and in persons with high BMI. Furthermore, we wanted to study the significance of smoking.
Publication
European journal of epidemiology, 2005, Vol 20, Issue 6, p537