Obesity

Reports from Kuopio University advance knowledge in obesity

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 3rd, 2010

According to recent research from Kuopio, Finland, "Obesity has been linked to the development of osteoarthritis of the knee and increases the probability to fall into total knee arthroplasty. In this study we compared short-term outcome of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in non-obese and obese patients."

"A total of 100 patients underwent TKA between October 2006 and March 2007. They were divided into two groups based on the body mass index: 52 of the patients were obese (BMI 30 >= kg/m(2)) and 48 non-obese (BMI < 30 kg/m(2)). The short-term outcome was studied using clinical, functional and radiological analysis. The mean of the follow-up period was 3 months....

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2010-05-03)

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