Editorial: 'Weighing in' on the Framingham Osteoarthritis Study: Measuring Biomechanical and Metabolic Contributions to Osteoarthritis.

An editorial is presented on Framingham Osteoarthritis (OA) Study. Topics discussed include description of the typical joint pathology and symptoms of the most common form of arthritis in humans, metabolic syndrome consisting of features including hypertension, atherogenic dyslipidemias and visceral obesity, and metabolic syndrome prevalence found to be higher among people with OA than those without OA.