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ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATISM-ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH
Volume 59, Issue 9, Pages 1207-1213Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/art.24021
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- Intramural CDC HHS [CC999999] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective. To estimate the lifetime risk of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA), overall and stratified by sex, race, education, history of knee injury, and body mass index (BMI). Methods. The lifetime risk of symptomatic OA in at least 1 knee was estimated from logistic regression models with,generalized estimating equations among 3,068 participants of the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project, a longitudinal :1 0 0 study, of black and white women and men age >= 45 years living in rural North Carolina. Radiographic, sociodemographic, and symptomatic knee data measured at baseline (1990-1997) and first followup (1999-2003) were analyzed. Results. The lifetime risk of symptomatic knee OA was 44.7% (95% confidence interval [95% CI] 40.0-49.3%)). Cohort members with history of a knee injury had a lifetime risk of 56.8%, (95% CI 48.4-65.21%). Lifetime risk rose with increasing BMI. with a risk of 2 in 3 among those who were obese. Conclusion. Nearly half of the adults in Johnston County will develop symptomatic knee OA by age 85 years, with lifetime risk highest among obese persons. These current high risks in Johnston County may suggest similar risks in the general US Population. especially given the increase in 2 major risk factors for knee CIA, aging, kind obesity. This underscores the immediate need for greater use of clinical and public health interventions, especially those that address weight loss and self-management, to reduce the impact of having knee OA.
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