Arthritis

IDENTIFICATION FOR HEAVY METALS EXPOSURE ON OSTEOARTHRITIS AMONG AGING PEOPLE AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR PREDICTION: A STUDY BASED ON NHANES 2011-2020
The overall and gender subgroup logistic regressions all showed that Lead and Cadmium promoted the prevalence of osteoarthritis while Manganese could be a protective factor of osteoarthritis prevalence among the elderly population of the United States.
Xia, Fang et al. “Identification for heavy metals exposure on osteoarthritis among aging people and Machine learning for prediction: A study based on NHANES 2011-2020.” Frontiers in public health vol. 10 906774. 1 Aug. 2022, doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.906774

​COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF HEAVY METALS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND HEALTHY CONTROL IN PAKISTANI POPULATION
​Concentration of heavy metals in serum samples of rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy control individuals differ significantly which shows that heavy metals may have contribution towards development of rheumatoid arthritis.
Irfan, Shazia et al. “Comparative Evaluation of Heavy Metals in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Healthy Control in Pakistani Population.” Iranian journal of public health vol. 46,5 (2017): 626-633.