Maturitas
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 270-274, November 2010

Women lose patella cartilage at a faster rate than men: A 4.5-year cohort study of subjects with knee OA

  • Sharon L. Brennan

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
    • Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, The University of Melbourne, PO Box 281, Geelong, 3220, Australia
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  • Flavia M. Cicuttini

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
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  • Susan Shortreed

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
    • School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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  • Andrew Forbes

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
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  • Graeme Jones

      Affiliations

    • Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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  • Stephen L. Stuckey

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic Imaging, Southern Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Anita E. Wluka

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004 Victoria, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9903 0994; fax: +61 3 9903 0556.

Received 31 January 2010; received in revised form 31 May 2010; accepted 15 July 2010. published online 02 August 2010.

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PII: S0378-5122(10)00284-7

doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.07.008

Maturitas
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 270-274, November 2010