The role of obesity on inflammation and damage in spondyloarthritis: a systematic literature review on body mass index and imaging.

CONCLUSIONS: BMI is linked to both axial and peripheral new bone formation and entheseal inflammation by imaging, as supported by the limited number of studies in the literature. Its effect on the sacroiliac joint and spinal inflammation is not clear as MRI studies are lacking. PMID: 31074718 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research