More African-Americans burdened by osteoarthritis in multiple large joints
Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
New research suggests African-Americans have a higher burden of multiple, large-joint osteoarthritis (OA), and may not be recognized based on the current definition of "generalized OA." African-Americans were also more likely to have knee OA, but less likely to be affected by hand OA than Caucasians according to new findings.