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Osteoarthritis and cardiovascular death
  1. K A Grindulis,
  2. G Bhatia,
  3. R Davis,
  4. M Sosin,
  5. D Connolly,
  6. F Khattak
  1. Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, West Bromwich, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr K A Grindulis;
    Karl.Grindulis{at}swbh.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.62.5.495-b

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    Haara et al recently published a study assessing epidemiological aspects of osteoarthritis (OA) in Finland.1 A finding of interest was their identification of OA (in any finger joint) as a predictor of cardiovascular death among men, with the authors suggesting an undetermined metabolic factor as a mechanism.

    It may be that the …

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