RE: RESEARCH - Finger length pattern linked to OA

[Guest guest]

I had already read this article, and it sounds pretty ridiculous to me.

In my case, the two fingers on my left hand are about the same length,

but on my right hand, the ring finger is longer. Does this mean that

I'll have osteoarthritis in one knee?

I don't see how anything like the length of fingers could have anything

to do with Kee osteoarthritis.

Sue

On Friday, January 11, 2008, at 03:02 PM, wrote:

> Finger length pattern linked to osteoarthritis

>

>

> By Reuters Health

> January 4, 2008

>

> NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 4 - People whose index fingers are

> shorter

> than their ring fingers -- the so-called " male " or type 3 finger length

> pattern -- are at increased risk for osteoarthritis of the knee,

> according

> to a report in the January issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism.

[Guest guest]

Believe it or not, Sue, finger length ratios have been studied a lot. The

ratios and patterns are thought to be a product of one's sex, genes, and the

hormones one is exposed to in the womb.

Not an MD

> Re: [ ] RESEARCH - Finger length pattern linked to OA

>

> I had already read this article, and it sounds pretty ridiculous to me.

> In my case, the two fingers on my left hand are about the same length,

> but on my right hand, the ring finger is longer. Does this mean that

> I'll have osteoarthritis in one knee?

>

> I don't see how anything like the length of fingers could have anything

> to do with Kee osteoarthritis.

>

> Sue

>

> On Friday, January 11, 2008, at 03:02 PM, wrote:

>

> > Finger length pattern linked to osteoarthritis

> >

> >

> > By Reuters Health

> > January 4, 2008

> >

> > NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 4 - People whose index fingers are

> > shorter

> > than their ring fingers -- the so-called " male " or type 3 finger length

> > pattern -- are at increased risk for osteoarthritis of the knee,

> > according

> > to a report in the January issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism.