Characteristics of radiographic morphometries of the lower leg in subjects with progression of knee osteoarthritis in the TOEI cohort.

CONCLUSIONS: Higher age was the risk of osteoarthritis progression of the knee in female subjects but not significant risk in male subjects. Hip morphometries such as height of the hip center and femoral neck length in which showed a sex difference might be associated with the progression of knee osteoarthritis. PMID: 30840205 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30840205?dopt=Abstract

Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - March 5, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Tran DH, Hoshino H, Togawa D, Matsuyama Y Tags: Aging Clin Exp Res Source Type: research

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