General and Abdominal Obesity as Risk Factors for Late-Life Mobility Limitation After Total Knee or Hip Replacement for Osteoarthritis Among Women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate associations of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist/hip ratio (WHR) with survival to age 85 years with mobility limitation or death before age 85 years among older women with total knee replacement (TKR) or total hip replacement (THR) for osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods

This was a prospective study of women (ages 65-79 years at baseline) from the Women's Health Initiative, recruited during 1993-1998 and followed through 2012. Women's Health Initiative data were linked to Medicare claims data to determine TKR (n = 1,867) and THR (n = 944) for OA. Women were followed for up to 18 years after undergoing THR or TKR to determine mobility status at age 85 years.

Results

Compared with normal-weight women, overweight, obese I, and

SUBMITTER: Shadyab AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5882615 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature