One in four people may develop symptomatic hip osteoarthritis in his or her lifetime

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Summary

The similar race-specific estimates suggest that racial disparities in total hip replacements are not attributable to differences in disease occurrence, and despite increasing evidence that obesity predicts an increased risk of both hip OA and joint replacement, there is no association between BMI and lifetime risk.

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Published
2010-08-14
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Keywords

Medicine, Osteoarthritis, Confidence interval, Body mass index, Population

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