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ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM
Volume 54, Issue 8, Pages 2481-2487Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/art.22005
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- NIAMS NIH HHS [AR-051384] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [U01 AG017719, AG-17104, AG-21665, AG-17719] Funding Source: Medline
- NINR NIH HHS [U01 NR004061, NR-004061] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective. To determine if levels of endogenous estrogen or estrogen metabolites are associated with an increased risk of developing knee osteoarthritis (OA) in women. Methods. Serum estradiol (E-2) and 2 urinary estrogen metabolites (2-hydroxyestrone and 16 alpha-hydroxyestrone) with radiographically defined prevalent and incident knee OA in 842 white and African American women from the Southeast Michigan Arthritis Cohort. Results. The mean age and body mass index (BMI) of women in the cohort were 42.3 years and 28.5 kg/m(2), respectively. Women who developed radiographically defined knee OA had significantly greater odds of having baseline endogenous early follicular phase estra-diol concentrations in the lowest tertile (< 47 pg/ml; odds ratio [OR] 1.88, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.07-3.51) compared with those with estradiol concentrations in the middle tertile [47-77 pg/ml]), after adjustment for age, BMI, and other covariates. Women who developed knee OA also had greater odds of having baseline urinary concentrations of 2-hydroxyestrone in the lowest tertile (OR 2.9, 95% CI 1.49-5.68) compared with women with 2-hydroxyestrone concentrations in the middle tertile), after adjustment for covariates. Women who developed knee OA were more likely to have a ratio of 16a-hydroxyestrone to 2-hydroxyestrone in the high-est tertile (> 0.86; OR 1.86, 95% CI 1.01-3.44 compared with women with ratios in the 0.54-0.86 range), after adjustment for other covariates. Conclusion. There were significant associations of lower baseline serum estradiol and urinary 2-hydroxyestrone with developing knee OA in middle-aged women.
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