Metabolic Syndrome and Osteoarthritis Distribution in the Hand Joints: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis From the Osteoarthritis Initiative

CONCLUSION: MetS, a potentially modifiable risk factor, is associated with radiographic DIP and PIP OA and longitudinal hand pain incidence while sparing MCPs and CMC1s. Nodal and erosive HOA phenotypes are associated with MetS, suggestive of possible distinct pathophysiology.PMID:34329188 | DOI:10.3899/jrheum.210189

Source: Journal of Rheumatology - July 30, 2021 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Bahram Mohajer Robert M Kwee Ali Guermazi Francis Berenbaum Mei Wan Gehua Zhen Xu Cao Ida K Haugen Shadpour Demehri Source Type: research