Synopsis Many men and women aged 60 years or older have symptomatic knee OA, with no approved disease modifying treatments available. Thus, identifying modifiable factors that can prevent knee OA is critically important. The present study aims to describe the associations between childhood adiposity measures and adulthood knee cartilage defects and bone marrow lesions (BMLs) measured after 25 years. This week’s “MED FACT” discusses a clinical trial from Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, “Association of childhood adiposity measures with adulthood knee cartilage defects and bone marrow lesions: a 25-year cohort study”.
Authors: T. Meng et. al. Key Takeaways Adiposity in childhood has long-term effects on patellar structural abnormalities in young adults Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the associations between childhood adiposity measures and adulthood knee cartilage…
