Myopenia is associated with joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis: a cross‐sectional study

• Main Authors: Jian‐Zi Lin (Author), Jin‐Jian Liang (Author), Jian‐Da Ma (Author), Qian‐Hua Li (Author), Ying‐Qian Mo (Author), Wan‐Mei Cheng (Author), Xiao‐Ling He (Author), Nan Li (Author), Ming‐Hui Cao (Author), Dan Xu (Author), Lie Dai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The link between body mass index (BMI) and disease characteristics in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains controversial. Body composition (BC) has been more frequently recommended to be used instead of BMI for more accurate assessment. Our study aimed to investigate the characteris...