Association of childhood adiposity measures with adulthood knee cartilage defects and bone marrow lesions: a 25-year cohort study

Childhood adiposity measures were associated with the increased risk of adulthood patellar cartilage defects and, to a lesser extent, BMLs, independent of adulthood adiposity measures. These results suggest that adiposity in childhood has long-term effects on patellar structural abnormalities in young adults.