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Excessive alcohol consumption and the risk of knee osteoarthritis: a prospective study from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Heavy drinkers of alcohol may have a high probability of developing osteoarthritis of the knee.
This study looked at how alcohol intake influences an individual's chances of developing osteoarthritis of the knee. Researchers matched alcohol usage with the occurrence of knee osteoarthritis in a study population comprising of 2,846 men and women aged 45-79 years.
Researchers found a high incidence of knee osteoarthritis among high consumers of alcohol. This study concluded that excessive consumption of alcohol may heighten an individual's odds of suffering from knee osteoarthritis..
Research Summary Information
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2022
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T Liu, C Xu, J B Driban, T McAlindon, C B Eaton, B Lu
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Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA; Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China. Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA; Rutgers University, School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Pawtucket, RI, USA; Departments of Family Medicine and Epidemiology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA. Electronic address: blu@uchc.edu.
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