title: [Gonarthrosis and obesity].
abstract: Statistical comparison of the weight index of patients presenting arthritis of the knee with that of a control group of matching sex and age, has enabled to demonstrate a definite weight gain in the most frequent topographical varieties of knee arthritis in women: lateral femoro-patellar, medial femoro-tibial, combination of the two. In men, the excess weight was only demonstrated in medial femoro-tibial arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Clinique de Rhumatologie, Centre Viggo-Petersen, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Massé
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Glimet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kuntz
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Gonarthrose et obésité.