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Human Studies


2020 Feb 10


Arthritis Rheumatol

Visceral adiposity is associated with pain, but not structural osteoarthritis.

Authors

Li S, Schwartz AV, LaValley MP, Wang N, Desai N, Sun X, Neogi T, Nevitt M, Lewis CE, Guermazi A, Roemer F, Segal N, Felson D
Arthritis Rheumatol. 2020 Feb 10.
PMID: 32039565.

Abstract

Osteoarthritis (OA) and pain are both made more severe by low-grade inflammation. We examined whether visceral fat, a major source of inflammatory cytokines and adipokines, was associated with an increased risk of knee OA or of musculoskeletal pain.