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Relationship of height, weight and body mass index to the risk of hip and knee replacements in middle-aged women

Date

Authors

Liu, Bette

Balkwill, Angela

Banks, Emily

Cooper, C

Green, Jane

Beral, Valerie

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

Objectives: To examine the effect of height, weight and body mass index (BMI) on the risk of hip and knee replacement in middle-aged women. Methods: In a prospective cohort study 490 532 women aged 50-69 yrs who were recruited in the UK in 1996-2001 were

Keywords

Keywords: age distribution; anthropometry; article; body constitution; body height; body mass; body weight; clinical trial; female; follow up; hip arthroplasty; hip osteoarthritis; human; knee arthroplasty; knee osteoarthritis; methodology; middle aged; multicenter Anthropometry; Joint replacement; Million Women Study; Obesity; Prospective study

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/36490

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Rheumatology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1093/rheumatology/kel434

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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