Research ArticleDiffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis

Influence of Obesity on Radiographic Changes in Patients With Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis

David Kiefer, Michail Godolias, Philipp Sewerin, Uta Kiltz, Styliani Tsiami, Ioana Andreica and Xenofon Baraliakos
The Journal of Rheumatology October 2025, 52 (10) 1028-1033; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2025-0243

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Keywords

DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL HYPEROSTOSIS
OBESITY
radiographic changes
spondylophytes

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