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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is an independent risk fact for severe osteoarthritis (OA), European investigators say.
And that's not just because diabetics might be heavier than average, and weight has been linked both to diabetes and to OA, said Dr Georg Schett, who led the group. Instead, he told Reuters Health by email, this study suggests that alterations in glucose metabolism directly promote OA.
"In fact," Dr Schett added, "these data suggest that OA is part of the metabolic syndrome, which would also mean that life-style modification can also change the risk for OA-related arthroplasty."
In an online paper in Diabetes Care, Dr Schett of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, and colleagues cite some similarities between OA and type 2 diabetes: "chronic nature, a high prevalence of end-organ failure, and strong association with age and obesity."
http://www.health24.com/news/Diabetes/1-904,77383.asp
And that's not just because diabetics might be heavier than average, and weight has been linked both to diabetes and to OA, said Dr Georg Schett, who led the group. Instead, he told Reuters Health by email, this study suggests that alterations in glucose metabolism directly promote OA.
"In fact," Dr Schett added, "these data suggest that OA is part of the metabolic syndrome, which would also mean that life-style modification can also change the risk for OA-related arthroplasty."
In an online paper in Diabetes Care, Dr Schett of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, and colleagues cite some similarities between OA and type 2 diabetes: "chronic nature, a high prevalence of end-organ failure, and strong association with age and obesity."
http://www.health24.com/news/Diabetes/1-904,77383.asp