Adipokine hormones and hand osteoarthritis: radiographic severity and pain.

Adipokine hormones and hand osteoarthritis: radiographic severity and pain.

Obesity's association with hand osteoarthritis cannot be fully explained by mechanical loading. We examined the relationship between adipokines and radiographic hand osteoarthritis severity and pain.In a pilot study of 44 hand osteoarthritis patients (39 women and 5 men), serum adipokine concen...

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Main Authors: Mei Massengale, Bing Lu, John J Pan, Jeffrey N Katz, Daniel H Solomon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3482224?pdf=render

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