Abstracts tagged "lipids and fatty acids"

Abstract Number: 2188 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
The Association of Plasma Fatty Acids Levels with Hand and Knee Osteoarthritis
Marieke Loef¹, Andreea Ioan-Facsinay ¹, Dennis O Mook-Kanamori ², Ko Willems van Dijk ¹, Renée de Mutsert ¹, Margreet Kloppenburg ¹ and Frits R Rosendaal ¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Obesity is one of the most important risk factors for osteoarthritis, and is strongly associated with increased levels of circulating fatty acids, which may…