Reuters: Less joint damage in heavier arthritis patients

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Less joint damage in heavier arthritis patients
      

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rheumatoid arthritis patients with a high body mass index (BMI), the ratio of weight to height used to classify people into weight categories, have less joint destruction in the early stages of the disease than do their lower-BMI counterparts, according to a report from the Netherlands published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
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