A new study published in Arthrits and Rheumatism reports that gene GDF5 SNP rs143383 has been found to be associated with  lumbar disc disease in northern European women.

GDF5 is a gene whose variants have been shown to play a role in skeletal height as well as predisposing to peripheral joint osteoarthritis.

The study authors investigated  whether the 5′ upstream SNP variant rs143383 was associated with lumbar disc disease in five [Read more...]