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Birth weight, osteoarthritis of the hand, and cardiovascular disease in men
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Haara et al reported recently that the presence of osteoarthritis (OA) in at least one hand joint significantly predicted cardiovascular mortality in a sample of 1560 Finnish men aged 30 or over.1 OA was ascertained radiographically and classified using Kellgren’s scoring system. The association between hand OA and male cardiovascular mortality was independent of age, education, history of workload, and body mass index.
We have investigated the prevalence of hand OA in a British national cohort of 1467 men and 1519 women and looked at associations between hand OA and measurements of weight and height from birth to adulthood.2 The MRC National Survey of Health and Development …