Association between obesity measurement indexes and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis among the Chinese population: analysis from a nationwide longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The current literature lacks robust clinical data and evidence delineating the relationship between obesity measurement indexes and knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Consequently, this investigation seeks to elucidate the potential link between obesity measurement indexes and KOA among Chinese adults in a nationally representative study.

Methods

Firstly, this research performed an observational study in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). The variables were extracted from interviews and compared between KOA and non-KOA participants. The relationship between obesity measurement indexes and KOA was analyzed by multivariate logistic regression. Restricted cubic spline (RCS) regression tests the nonlinearity of the relationship between obesity measur

SUBMITTER: Lv H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11610057 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature