Redefining overweight and obesity in rheumatoid arthritis patients

  • Antonios Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou
  • , Giorgos S Metsios
  • , Yiannis Koutedakis
  • , Alan M Nevill
  • , Karen M Douglas
  • , Athanasios Jamurtas
  • , Jet Veldhuijzen van Zanten
  • , Mourad Labib
  • , George D Kitas

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Abstract

To assess whether body mass index (BMI) and body fat (BF) differ between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, patients with non-inflammatory arthritis (osteoarthritis, OA) and healthy individuals, and whether disease specific measures of adiposity are required to accurately reflect BF in these groups.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1316-21
Number of pages6
JournalAnnals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Volume66
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2007

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