RT Journal
A1 Stephenson J
T1 PRedicting joint replacement
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD September 16
VO 302
IS 11
SP 1161
OP 1161
DO 10.1001/jama.2009.1338
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1338
AB 
The prospective cohort study involved more than 900 randomly selected residents of Bruneck, Italy, in their 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. Demographic characteristics, lifestyle factors, and biochemical variables, including the level of VCAM-1 in the blood, were assessed at a baseline visit in 1990. Over the next 15 years, 60 participants had hip or knee joint replacement surgery.