Obesity with radiological changes or depression was associated with worse knee outcome in general population: a cluster analysis in the Nagahama study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In knee osteoarthritis (OA), pain is the most frequent and dominant symptom. However, which factors other than radiological changes contribute to the symptoms is unresolved. The aims of this study were to identify factors affecting knee pain from various variables with radiological changes taken into count and exploratively examine what subgroups or phenotype could be identified by cluster analysis using the identified knee pain factors.

Methods

Patients 60 years or older who underwent radiographic evaluation were included in this cross-sectional study, and those subjects who completed a questionnaire about knee symptoms without missing data were eligible for analysis. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the associations between selected variables and

SUBMITTER: Nigoro K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7694310 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature