Obesity Progression Between Young Adulthood and Midlife and Incident Arthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study of US Adults

Objective To examine the association between weight change from young adulthood to midlife and the risk of incident arthritis. Methods Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we categorized participants into weight‐change categories based on their recalled weight during young adulthood and midlife. We estimated the association of weight change and developing an arthritis condition over 10 years using adjusted Cox...