Association between knee osteoarthritis and mortality: a serial propensity score-matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

The association between symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) and higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is established; however, findings from studies that utilized regression analysis were limited, attributed to the strong association between OA and metabolic risk factors. This study aimed to evaluate the association between knee OA and mortality through propensity score matching.

Methods

This was a cohort study including Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2010-2013) participants aged ≥ 50 years. By linking the survey data to cause of death data (through 2019) from Statistics Korea, mortality and cause-specific mortality data were obtained. Radiographic knee OA (ROA) was defined as bilateral Kellgren-Lawrence grade ≥ 2. Propensit

SUBMITTER: Oh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10636544 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature