Osteophyte size and location on hip DXA scans are associated with hip pain: Findings from a cross sectional study in UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

It remains unclear how the different features of radiographic hip osteoarthritis (rHOA) contribute to hip pain. We examined the relationship between rHOA, including its individual components, and hip pain using a novel dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-based method.

Methods

Hip DXAs were obtained from UK Biobank. A novel automated method obtained minimum joint space width (mJSW) from points placed around the femoral head and acetabulum. Osteophyte areas at the lateral acetabulum, superior and inferior femoral head were derived manually. Semi-quantitative measures of osteophytes and joint space narrowing (JSN) were combined to define rHOA. Logistic regression was used to examine the relationships between these variables and hip pain, obtained via questionnaires

SUBMITTER: Faber BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8503366 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature