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Athow NF, Morgan PM, Brown GA. Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis, Not Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, are Linked to Cardiac Disease. J Arthroplasty 2023; 38:2455-2463. [PMID: 37236289 DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2023.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In 2005, the Food and Drug Administration placed a black-box warning (the most stringent warning for drugs) on all nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) stating that these agents may cause heart attacks and/or strokes. No level I evidence demonstrates that nonselective NSAIDs increase cardiovascular risk. An alternative hypothesis is that hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) indirectly causes cardiovascular disease (CVD) through decreased activity and NSAIDs are correlated with CVD as an arthritis treatment. METHODS Systematic reviews were conducted to find observational studies evaluating the association of hip and/or knee OA, CVD, activity, walking, and step counts. The systematic review found studies correlating hip and/or knee OA and CVD morbidity incidence (n = 2); CVD morbidity prevalence (n = 6); odds ratios, relative risks, or hazard ratios of CVD morbidity (n = 11); relative risk, standardized mortality ratios, or hazard ratios of CVD mortality (n = 14); and all-cause mortality hazard ratios associated with NSAID use (n = 3). RESULTS Hip OA (5 studies), knee OA (9 studies), and hip and knee OA (6 studies) are linked to an increased risk of CVD morbidity and mortality. Cardiac risk increases with validated disability scores, use of walking aids, walking difficulties, longer follow-up times, younger ages of OA onset, numbers of joints involved, and OA severities. No study linked NSAID use to cardiac disease. CONCLUSIONS All studies with more than 10-year follow-up linked cardiac disease with hip and knee OA. No study linked nonselective NSAID use to CVD. The Food and Drug Administration should reconsider the black-box warnings on naproxen, ibuprofen, and celecoxib.
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- Nelson F Athow
- Applied and Computational Mathematical Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Catholic Health Initiatives St. Alexius Health, Williston, North Dakota
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Lindéus M, Turkiewicz A, Englund M, Kiadaliri A. Socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality among patients with osteoarthritis in the Skåne region, Sweden. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2021; 74:1704-1712. [PMID: 33811479 DOI: 10.1002/acr.24613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the association between education and all-cause and cause-specific mortality among patients with osteoarthritis (OA) in comparison to an OA-free reference cohort. METHODS Using data from the Skåne healthcare register, we identified all residents aged ≥45 years in the region of Skåne, with doctor-diagnosed OA of peripheral joints between 1998 and 2013 (n=123,993). We created an age and sex-matched reference cohort without OA diagnosis (n=121,318). Subjects were followed until death, relocation outside Skåne, or the end of 2014. The relative index of inequality (RII) and the slope index of inequality (SII) were estimated by the Cox model and Aalen´s additive hazard model, respectively. RESULTS We found an inverse association between education and mortality. The magnitude of relative inequalities in all-cause mortality were comparable in the OA (RII 1.53, 95% CI:1.46, 1.61) and reference cohorts (RII:1.54, 95% CI:1.47, 1.62). The absolute inequalities were smaller in the OA (SII 937 all-cause deaths per 100,000 person-years, 95% CI:811, 1063) compared with the reference cohort (SII 1265, 95% CI:1109, 1421). Cardiovascular mortality contributed more to the absolute inequalities in the OA than in the reference cohort (60.1% vs. 48.1%) while the opposite was observed for cancer mortality (8.5% vs. 22.3%). CONCLUSION We found higher all-cause and cause-specific mortality in OA patients with lower education. The observed inequalities in the OA cohort reflect the inequalities in the population at large. The greater burden of cardiovascular diseases in OA patients suggests that proper management of cardiovascular risk factors in OA patients is important.
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- Maria Lindéus
- Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Sweden
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- Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Sweden
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- Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Sweden
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- Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Sweden.,Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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To K, Mak C, Zhang C, Zhou Y, Filbay S, Khan W. The association between alcohol consumption and osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of observational studies. Rheumatol Int 2021; 41:1577-1591. [PMID: 33745000 PMCID: PMC8316228 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-021-04844-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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There is conflicting evidence for the association between alcohol consumption and common joint conditions such as Osteoarthritis (OA), which affects millions of people. We sought to determine the true association between alcohol intake and OA. We conducted a PRISMA systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies that reported associations between alcohol consumption and OA. Pooled estimates of association were represented through odds ratios (ORs). Publication bias was assessed with Funnel and Galbraith plots, and risk of bias was assessed with the Newcastle Ottawa Scale. We included 29 studies and 25,192 subjects with OA and reported an OR between any alcohol consumption and OA of 0.79 (0.68–0.93), suggesting a protective effect. OR of weekly or more frequent use was 0.79 (0.65–0.97). When grouped by covariates, alcohol consumption was negatively associated with radiographic (0.83, 0.70–0.98), hand (0.80, 0.66–0.95) and knee OA (0.85, 0.72–0.99), North American ethnicity and female gender. Subgroup analysis of unadjusted data resulted in an OR of 0.70 (0.55–0.89) but this disappeared upon analysis of studies with data adjusted for any covariate (0.93, 0.78–1.10). Whilst our pooled analysis suggest that weekly or more frequent alcohol consumption was negatively associated with OA, this was not observed when adjusted for confounding factors. Reasons for this include selection bias and lack of longitudinal exposure and adjustment for confounding variables. Therefore, this meta-analysis provides evidence to dispel notions that alcohol use may be protective against OA.
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- Kendrick To
- Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Centre for Health Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia.,Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7LD, UK
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- Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
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Leyland KM, Gates LS, Sanchez-Santos MT, Nevitt MC, Felson D, Jones G, Jordan JM, Judge A, Prieto-Alhambra D, Yoshimura N, Newton JL, Callahan LF, Cooper C, Batt ME, Lin J, Liu Q, Cleveland RJ, Collins GS, Arden NK. Knee osteoarthritis and time-to all-cause mortality in six community-based cohorts: an international meta-analysis of individual participant-level data. Aging Clin Exp Res 2021; 33:529-545. [PMID: 33590469 PMCID: PMC7943431 DOI: 10.1007/s40520-020-01762-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic joint disease, with increasing global burden of disability and healthcare utilisation. Recent meta-analyses have shown a range of effects of OA on mortality, reflecting different OA definitions and study methods. We seek to overcome limitations introduced when using aggregate results by gathering individual participant-level data (IPD) from international observational studies and standardising methods to determine the association of knee OA with mortality in the general population. METHODS Seven community-based cohorts were identified containing knee OA-related pain, radiographs, and time-to-mortality, six of which were available for analysis. A two-stage IPD meta-analysis framework was applied: (1) Cox proportional hazard models assessed time-to-mortality of participants with radiographic OA (ROA), OA-related pain (POA), and a combination of pain and ROA (PROA) against pain and ROA-free participants; (2) hazard ratios (HR) were then pooled using the Hartung-Knapp modification for random-effects meta-analysis. FINDINGS 10,723 participants in six cohorts from four countries were included in the analyses. Multivariable models (adjusting for age, sex, race, BMI, smoking, alcohol consumption, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes) showed a pooled HR, compared to pain and ROA-free participants, of 1.03 (0.83, 1.28) for ROA, 1.35 (1.12, 1.63) for POA, and 1.37 (1.22, 1.54) for PROA. DISCUSSION Participants with POA or PROA had a 35-37% increased association with reduced time-to-mortality, independent of confounders. ROA showed no association with mortality, suggesting that OA-related knee pain may be driving the association with time-to-mortality. FUNDING Versus Arthritis Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis and Osteoarthritis Research Society International.
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- Kirsten M Leyland
- MRC Integrated Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Preventive Medicine for Locomotive Organ Disorders, 22nd Century Medical and Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Arthritis Clinic and Research Centre, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Arthritis Clinic and Research Centre, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.
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Zeng C, Bennell K, Yang Z, Nguyen USDT, Lu N, Wei J, Lei G, Zhang Y. Risk of venous thromboembolism in knee, hip and hand osteoarthritis: a general population-based cohort study. Ann Rheum Dis 2020; 79:1616-1624. [PMID: 32938637 PMCID: PMC7677492 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of immobility and joint replacement, two strong risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE). We aimed to examine the relation of knee, hip and hand osteoarthritis to the risk of VTE and investigate joint replacement as a potential mediator. METHODS We conducted three cohort studies using data from The Health Improvement Network. Up to five individuals without osteoarthritis were matched to each case of incident knee (n=20 696), hip (n=10 411) or hand (n=6329) osteoarthritis by age, sex, entry time and body mass index. We examined the relation of osteoarthritis to VTE (pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis) using a multivariable Cox proportional hazard model. RESULTS VTE developed in 327 individuals with knee osteoarthritis and 951 individuals without osteoarthritis (2.7 vs 2.0 per 1000 person-years), with multivariable-adjusted HR being 1.38 (95% CI 1.23 to 1.56). The indirect effect (HR) of knee osteoarthritis on VTE through knee replacement was 1.07 (95% CI 1.01 to 1.15), explaining 24.8% of its total effect on VTE. Risk of VTE was higher in hip osteoarthritis than non-osteoarthritis (3.3 vs 1.8 per 1000 person-years; multivariable-adjusted HR=1.83, 95% CI 1.56 to 2.13). The indirect effect through hip replacement yielded an HR of 1.14 (95% CI 1.04 to 1.25), explaining 28.1% of the total effect. No statistically significant difference in VTE risk was observed between hand osteoarthritis and non-osteoarthritis (1.5 vs 1.6 per 1000 person-years; multivariable-adjusted HR=0.88, 95% CI 0.67 to 1.16). CONCLUSION Our large population-based cohort study provides the first evidence that knee or hip osteoarthritis, but not hand osteoarthritis, was associated with an increased risk of VTE, and such an association was partially mediated through knee or hip replacement.
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- Chao Zeng
- Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- The Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Joint Degeneration and Injury, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- National Clinical Research Center of Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Joint Degeneration and Injury, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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- Arthritis Research Centre, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- The Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Health Management Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Joint Degeneration and Injury, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- National Clinical Research Center of Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- The Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Mendy A, Park J, Vieira ER. Osteoarthritis and risk of mortality in the USA: a population-based cohort study. Int J Epidemiol 2019; 47:1821-1829. [PMID: 30169829 PMCID: PMC7263761 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease, but its association with mortality is unclear. Methods We analysed data on adult participants in the 1988–94 and 1999–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, followed for mortality through 2011. OA was defined by self-report, and in a subset of participants 60 years or older with knee X-rays, radiographic knee OA (RKOA) was defined as Kellgren–Lawrence score ≥2. Cox proportional hazards were used to determine the mortality hazard ratio (HR) associated with self-reported OA and RKOA, adjusting for covariates. Results The sample included 51 938 participants followed for a median 8.9 years; 2589 of them had knee X-rays and were followed for a median of 13.6 years. Self-reported OA and RKOA prevalences were 6.6% and 40.6%, respectively. Self-reported OA was not associated with mortality. RKOA was associated with an increased risk of mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) {HR 1.43 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.32, 1.64]}, diabetes [HR 2.04 (1.87, 2.23)] and renal diseases [HR 1.14 (1.04, 1.25)], but with a reduced risk of cancer mortality [HR 0.88 (0.80, 0.96)]. Participants with early RKOA onset (diagnosed before age 40) had a higher risk of mortality from all causes [HR 1.53 (1.43, 1.65)] and from diabetes [HR 7.18 (5.45, 9.45)]. Obese participants with RKOA were at increased risk of mortality from CVD [HR 1.89 (1.56, 2.29)] and from diabetes [HR: 3.42 (3.01, 3.88)]. Conclusions Self-reported OA was not associated with mortality. RKOA was associated with higher CVD, diabetes and renal mortality, especially in people with early onset of the disease or with obesity.
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- Angelico Mendy
- College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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Xing D, Xu Y, Liu Q, Ke Y, Wang B, Li Z, Lin J. Osteoarthritis and all-cause mortality in worldwide populations: grading the evidence from a meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:24393. [PMID: 27087682 PMCID: PMC4834546 DOI: 10.1038/srep24393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The objective of this study is to investigate the association between osteoarthritis (OA) and all-cause mortality in worldwide populations and to develop recommendations according to GRADE evidence levels. Literature search through Nov 2015 was performed using the electronic databases (including MEDLINE, EMBASE, EBSCO and Cochrane library). The prospective cohort trials that investigated the association between the symptomatic OA (SxOA) or radiological OA (ROA) and all-cause mortality were identified. Hazard ratios (HR) of all-cause mortality in patients with RxOA or ROA were pooled respectively. The evidence quality was evaluated using the GRADE system, while the recommendations were taken according to the quality. Nine of the published literature met the eligible criteria. Meta-analysis revealed that there was no significant difference in the association between SxOA and all-cause mortality (HR = 0.91, 95% CI: 0.68-1.23) and between ROA and all-cause mortality (HR = 1.13, 95% CI: 0.95-1.35). The overall GARDE evidence quality was very low, which will lower our confidence in taking recommendations. To summarize, there was no reliable and confident evidence existed currently in respect of the association between OA and all-cause mortality. Due to the very low level of evidence quality currently, high-quality studies are still required.
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- Dan Xing
- Arthritis Clinic & Research Center, Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Arthritis Clinic & Research Center, Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Arthritis Clinic & Research Center, Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Arthritis Clinic & Research Center, Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Arthritis Clinic & Research Center, Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Arthritis Clinic & Research Center, Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Arthritis Clinic & Research Center, Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Innes KE, Ducatman AM, Luster MI, Shankar A. Association of osteoarthritis with serum levels of the environmental contaminants perfluorooctanoate and perfluorooctane sulfonate in a large Appalachian population. Am J Epidemiol 2011; 174:440-50. [PMID: 21709135 PMCID: PMC3202163 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2010] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) are persistent environmental contaminants that affect metabolic regulation, inflammation, and other factors implicated in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). However, the link between these compounds and OA remains unknown. In this study, the authors investigated the association of OA with PFOA and PFOS in a population of 49,432 adults from 6 PFOA-contaminated water districts in the mid-Ohio Valley (2005-2006). Participants completed a comprehensive health survey; serum levels of PFOA, PFOS, and a range of other blood markers were also measured. Medical history, including physician diagnosis of osteoarthritis, was assessed via self-report. Analyses included adjustment for demographic and lifestyle characteristics, body mass index, and other potential confounders. Reported OA showed a significant positive association with PFOA serum levels (for highest quartile of PFOA vs. lowest, adjusted odds ratio = 1.3, 95% confidence interval: 1.2, 1.5; P-trend = 0.00001) and a significant inverse association with PFOS (for highest quartile vs. lowest, adjusted odds ratio = 0.8, 95% confidence interval: 0.7, 0.9; P-trend = 0.00005). The relation between PFOA and OA was significantly stronger in younger and nonobese adults. Although the cross-sectional nature of this large, population-based study limits causal inference, the observed strong, divergent associations of reported OA with PFOA and PFOS may have important public health and etiologic implications and warrant further investigation.
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- Kim E Innes
- Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine,West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA.
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Kulminski AM, Kulminskaya IV, Ukraintseva SV, Land K, Yashin AI. An inverse association between self-reported arthritis and mortality in the elderly: findings from the national long-term care survey. Rejuvenation Res 2008; 11:251-7. [PMID: 18240974 DOI: 10.1089/rej.2007.0611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Major musculoskeletal conditions including arthritis represent an increasing burden on individuals and societies. We analyzed the association between self-reported arthritis and mortality in the U.S. elderly disabled and non-disabled individuals using unique disability-focused data from the large-scale population-based National Long Term Care Survey. It was found that males and females who reported arthritis/rheumatism have, generally, smaller risks of death than those who did not report those conditions. This inverse relationship is more pronounced in disabled individuals. This finding holds for both short-term (relative risk [RR] = 0.81; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.75-0.88 for males and RR = 0.76; CI = 0.71-0.82 for females) and long-term follow-ups (RR = 0.82; CI = 0.78-0.87 for males and RR = 0.83; CI = 0.79-0.87 for females). For females, this effect is age insensitive, while for males it is limited to ages below 85. Demographic and 19 major self-reported geriatric conditions have trivial effect on these risks, supporting the view that a better survival of diseased individuals can be attributed to the effects of medical treatment. Given the widespread prevalence of arthritis/rheumatism and disability in elderly populations and the increasing population of the elderly, these findings call for comprehensive analyses of factors driving better survival and medical costs associated with extended lives.
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Kondo K, Hirota Y, Kawamura H, Miura H, Takasugi SI, Sugioka Y, Inoue H, Kurosaka M, Iwamoto Y. Factors associated with pain and functional limitation in Japanese male patients with knee osteoarthritis. Rheumatol Int 2007; 27:1135-42. [PMID: 17486343 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-007-0356-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2006] [Accepted: 03/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The present study investigated factors associated with knee pain and functional limitation in knee OA patients. Subjects were 109 Japanese males who were newly diagnosed with knee OA at three university hospitals over a 1-year period. Knee pain and functional limitation in walking and climbing and/or descending stairs were selected as outcome measures. To assess factors associated with outcomes, we calculated odds ratios (OR) using logistic regression analysis. Taller height (> or =163 vs. <163 cm) showed a negative association with knee pain, "Pain on walking": OR = 0.08, 95% confidence interval = 0.01-0.79; "Pain on stairs": 0.25, 0.08-0.82. A significant characteristic related to a lesser degree of functional disability was alcohol consumption ("Waking distance": 0.34, 0.14-0.84; "Help on stairs": 0.21, 0.09-0.51). In the present study, knee pain was associated with shorter height in male Japanese patients with knee OA. Functional limitation was associated with no consumption of alcohol.
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- Kyoko Kondo
- Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Faculty of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan.
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Osteoarthritis (OA) appears to be a mechanically driven but chemically mediated disease process in which there is attempted (or aberrant) repair. Well established risk factors for OA include aging, obesity, gender, and, in selected subgroups, congenital anomalies. This review addresses less well established risk factors for OA that can impact joints through their effect on systemic metabolism rather than their contribution to local joint geometry and structure. These systemic risk factors include obesity; bone and bone density; nutrients, particularly those that function as antioxidants; and genetic factors. There is great opportunity for new prevention and intervention strategies as we expand our understanding of the role of these systemic risk factors.
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029, USA.
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OBJECTIVE Prior reports have pointed to an adverse effect of sexual assault on subsequent health, particularly depression and obesity, in women. The objective of this study was to determine whether there is an association between self-reported sexual assault history and objective parameters of physical health in a sample of older men and women. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study of white, middle to upper middle class, older (median age 75 years) men (N = 533) and women (N = 826) within a defined community setting. Sex-specific, age-adjusted risks were calculated for 11 common chronic medical conditions (10 for each sex: coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, obesity, asthma, migraine, thyroid disease, and arthritis in all subjects; breast cancer in women; and prostate cancer in men) and confirmed by physical or laboratory examination or review of medical records. RESULTS Sexual assault was reported by 5.4% of men and 12.7% of women; repeated exposure was reported by 10.3 and 21.9% of sexually assaulted men and women, respectively. In women, a history of sexual assault was associated with an increased risk of 2 of 10 conditions: arthritis (OR = 1.76, 95% CI = 1.13-2.76) and breast cancer (OR = 2.21, 95% CI = 1.12-4.33). A "dose-response" effect was observed: Multiple episodes of sexual assault carried a two- to three-fold increased risk of these diseases compared with a single episode. In men, the only statistically significant association was between sexual assault and thyroid disease (OR = 4.68, 95% CI = 1.08-20.3). CONCLUSIONS These data partially replicate findings from other studies of adverse effects of sexual trauma on health, although the specific diseases are different. Causal mechanisms cannot be inferred from these data. Studies in other cohorts are warranted.
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- M B Stein
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0985, USA.
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Comorbidity (CM) is a powerful predictor of health outcome and cost, as well as an important confounder in many epidemiologic studies. However, choosing the most appropriate CM measurement instrument is difficult because comparative data on how the available instruments perform in various disease settings are limited. We collected CM data (from the complete medical records) for two population-based prevalence cohorts with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) and a comparison cohort without arthritis (NA), using two different CM instruments: the Charlson CM index (Charl), which is based on 17 diagnoses each weighted by mortality risk, and the Index of Coexistent Diseases (ICED), which estimates the severity and frequency of 14 comorbid conditions and provides an assessment of the impairment or disability caused by each. Cox proportional hazards modeling was used to assess the impact of the two types of comorbidity scores (Charl and ICED) on survival after prevalence (index) date, adjusting for the age, sex, and disease status. There were 450, 441, and 889 individuals in the RA, OA, and NA groups, respectively, with a mean follow-up period of 10.6 years. During the follow-up, 293, 307, and 546 deaths occurred in the RA, OA, and NA groups, respectively. The mean age and percent females were: 63.3 years, 74%; 70.7 years, 74%; and 67.5 years, 75% for the RA, OA, and NA groups, respectively. Comorbidity was highest in RA, intermediate in OA, and lowest in NA by both Charl and ICED. Cox proportional hazards modeling demonstrated that both Charl and ICED were highly statistically significant predictors of mortality (P<0.0001) after adjusting for age, sex, and disease state (RA, OA, or NA) and that ICED remained highly significant as a predictor of mortality, even after adjusting for Charl. We conclude that estimating CM from medical records using ICED, an instrument that incorporates an assessment of impairment and disability, is feasible and that such as assessment provides information that independently predicts mortality, even after adjusting for the results of traditional diagnosis-based CM measures, such as Charl.
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- S E Gabriel
- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
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Morton DJ, Barrett-Connor EL, Schneider DL. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and bone mineral density in older women: the Rancho Bernardo study. J Bone Miner Res 1998; 13:1924-31. [PMID: 9844111 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.1998.13.12.1924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are known to inhibit synthesis of prostaglandins and may help prevent bone loss, but no study has shown the differential association of type or dose of NSAID compound with bone mineral density (BMD). The purpose of this study was to determine the relation of NSAIDs by type and dose to BMD. Participants were 932 Caucasian, community-dwelling women aged 44-98 years from southern California. Data were collected from 1988 to 1991 through the use of standardized medical questionnaires. Medication use was validated by a nurse. BMD at the ultradistal and midshaft radii were measured using single-photon absorptiometry, and at the hip and lumbar spine using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Women (mean age, 72 years) were classified into 818 nonusers and 114 regular daily users of NSAIDs, of which 84 used propionic acid NSAIDs and the remainder used acetic acid NSAIDs. Occasional NSAID users were excluded. Women who used propionic acid NSAIDs, but not acetic acid NSAIDs, had higher BMD at all five sites and significantly higher BMD at the midshaft radius and lumbar spine. These differences remained after controlling for known covariates of osteoporosis. When women with self-reported osteoarthritis were excluded from the model, significantly higher BMD in propionic acid NSAID users was also observed at the femoral neck and total hip. Those who concurrently used estrogen and propionic acid NSAIDs had the highest BMD at all sites, suggesting an additive effect. We conclude that regular daily use of propionic acid NSAIDs, with or without simultaneous use of estrogen, may be helpful in preventing bone loss in older women. However, further research is needed to confirm these results before any clinical practice guidelines can be recommended due to the increased risk of serious complications associated with NSAID use.
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- D J Morton
- University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0607, USA
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Fitzpatrick R. The measurement of health status and quality of life in rheumatological disorders. BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY 1993; 7:297-317. [PMID: 8334714 DOI: 10.1016/s0950-3579(05)80091-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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