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Hand Osteoarthritis (HOA) and Telomere Length
| Prevalent number of affected joints/individual | |||
| N eligible | N cases | RR (95% CI) | aRR (95% CI) |
| 274 | 481 joints in 148 subjects | 1.30 (1.11, 1.52) | 1.21 (1.02, 1.43) |
| Increase in number of affected joints/individual | |||
| N eligible | N cases | RR (95% CI) | aRR (95% CI) |
| 274 | 46 incident OA joints in 40 subjects | 1.48 (1.09, 1.99) | 1.46 (1.05, 2.05) |
aRR = Relative risk adjusted for age, sex and body mass index.
