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Allan Naimark
Researcher at Boston University
Publications - 21
Citations - 6337
Allan Naimark is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Framingham Heart Study & Odds ratio. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 21 publications receiving 6035 citations.
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The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in the elderly. The Framingham Osteoarthritis Study.
David T. Felson,David T. Felson,Allan Naimark,Jennifer J. Anderson,Lewis E. Kazis,William P. Castelli,Robert F. Meenan +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that the prevalence of knee OA increases with age throughout the elderly years, and is almost entirely the result of the marked age-associated increase in the incidence of OA in the women studied.
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Obesity and knee osteoarthritis. The Framingham Study.
TL;DR: Obesity at examination 1 was associated with the risk of developing both symptomatic and asymptomatic osteoarthritis, and was strongest for persons with severest radiographic disease.
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Weight loss reduces the risk for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in women. The Framingham Study.
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of weight loss in preventing symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in women was evaluated using the Framingham Knee Oarthritis Study (1983 to 1985).
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Risk factors for incident radiographic knee osteoarthritis in the elderly. The framingham study
David T. Felson,Yuqing Zhang,Marian T. Hannan,Allan Naimark,Barbara N. Weissman,Piran Aliabadi,Daniel Levy +6 more
TL;DR: Elderly persons at high risk of developing radiographic knee OA included obese persons, nonsmokers, and those who were physically active and factors not associated with the risk of OA including chondrocalcinosis and a history of hand OA.
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The incidence and natural history of knee osteoarthritis in the elderly, the framingham osteoarthritis study
David T. Felson,Yuqing Zhang,Marian T. Hannan,Allan Naimark,Barbara N. Weissman,Piran Aliabadi,Daniel Levy +6 more
TL;DR: In elderly persons, the new onset of knee OA is frequent and is more common in women than men, however, among the elderly, age may not affect new disease occurrence or progression.