Combination antihypertensive therapy with AML+OM+/-HTCZ, up-titrated as necessary, allowed a majority of patients to achieve BP goal.
Obesity and osteoarthritis in knee, hip and/or hand
This study supports that obesity is an independent weak risk factor for hand OA.
None of the analyses give any indication of an association between BMI and hip OA.
On the other side, this study also confirms that obesity is an important risk factor for development of knee OA.
The future research agenda should focus on how community action programmes focusing on obesity may impact occurrence of OA (primary and secondary prevention) and symptom improvement in patients with existing OA (tertiary prevention).
