Causal Factors for Knee, Hip, and Hand Osteoarthritis: A Mendelian Randomization Study in the <scp>UK</scp> Biobank

Funck‐Brentano, Thomas; Nethander, Maria; Movérare‐Skrtic, Sofia; Richette, Pascal; Ohlsson, Claes

doi:10.1002/art.40928

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Causal Factors for Knee, Hip, and Hand Osteoarthritis: A Mendelian Randomization Study in the UK Biobank

Published in Arthritis & Rheumatology • May 17, 2019

Authors:

Thomas Funck‐Brentano

Maria Nethander

Sofia Movérare‐Skrtic

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: There is no curative treatment for osteoarthritis (OA), which is the most common form of arthritis. This study was undertaken to identify causal risk factors of knee, hip, and hand OA. METHODS: Individual-level data from 384,838 unrelated participants in the UK Biobank study were analyzed...

Subject

Medicine

Mendelian randomization

Body mass index

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