Wednesday December 24, 2008
Certain factors increase the risk of developing osteoarthritis -- the most common joint disease in the United States and worldwide. Not all people who have x-ray evidence of osteoarthritis develop symptoms of osteoarthritis. This fact has made defining osteoarthritis risk factors more difficult. But it's important to recognize osteoarthritis risk factors when possible because some are modifiable.
Being overweight is probably the best known risk factor for osteoarthritis. Obese women are four to five times more likely to have knee osteoarthritis than people of normal weight. But there are other risk factors that are just as important. What are the factors that increase your risk of developing osteoarthritis?
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