The inheritance of hand osteoarthritis in Iceland

• Published in: Arthritis & Rheumatism
• Main Authors: Jonsson, Helgi, Manolescu, Ileana, Stefansson, Stefan Einar, Ingvarsson, Thorvaldur, Jonsson, Hjortur H, Manolescu, Andrei, Gulcher, Jeff, Stefansson, Kari
• Other Authors: Department of Rheumatology, Landspitalinn University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. [e-mail]
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2003
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; 80 and over; Family; Female; Genealogy and Heraldry; Hand; Humans; Iceland/epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; Osteoarthritis; Risk Factors; Thumb; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/4384; https://doi.org/10.1002/art.10785

OBJECTIVE: To assess the contribution of genetics to hand osteoarthritis (HOA) and its subsets in the Icelandic population. METHODS: A list of 2,919 HOA patients, constituting 1% of the Icelandic population, was compiled through nationwide sources. This patient list was cross-referenced with a compr...