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Excess body weight and four-year function outcomes: Comparison of African Americans and whites in a prospective study of osteoarthritis†

  1. Carmelita J. Colbert,
  2. Orit Almagor,
  3. Joan S. Chmiel,
  4. Jing Song,
  5. Dorothy Dunlop,
  6. Karen W. Hayes,
  7. Leena Sharma*

Article first published online: 27 DEC 2012

DOI: 10.1002/acr.21811

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Arthritis Care & Research

Arthritis Care & Research

Volume 65, Issue 1, pages 5–14, January 2013

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Colbert, C. J., Almagor, O., Chmiel, J. S., Song, J., Dunlop, D., Hayes, K. W. and Sharma, L. (2013), Excess body weight and four-year function outcomes: Comparison of African Americans and whites in a prospective study of osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care Res, 65: 5–14. doi: 10.1002/acr.21811

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  1. Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

*Division of Rheumatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwest- ern University, 240 East Huron, Suite M300, Chicago, IL 60611

  1. †

    This manuscript was prepared using the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) public use data set and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the OAI Investigators, the NIH, or the private funding partners.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 27 DEC 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 25 JUL 2012 09:56AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 10 JUL 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 1 FEB 2012

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  • NIH. Grant Numbers: N01-AR-2-2258, N01-AR-2-2259, N01-AR-2-2260, N01-AR-2-2261, N01-AR-2-2262
  • OAI Study Investigators
  • Merck Research Laboratories
  • Novartis Pharmaceuticals
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Pfizer
  • Foundation for the NIH

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