Osteoarthritis of the hand and osteoporosis.
The relationship between osteoarthritis and osteoporosis of the hand was examined in a random sample of the Jewish population in Jerusalem. It was found that osteoporosis and osteoarthritis of the hand showed differing prevalences, only rarely coexisted, and that there was neither a positive nor a negative correlation between them (p greater than 0.05). This would strengthen the contention that these are two independent and unrelated disease processes.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005384:Finger Joint; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000453:epidemiology*