UK community prevalence of knee chondrocalcinosis: evidence that correlation with osteoarthritis is through a shared association with osteophyte

• Published in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases Vol. 62; no. 6; pp. 513 - 518
• Main Authors: Neame, R L, Carr, A J, Muir, K, Doherty, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism 01.06.2003; BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group Ltd; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: adjusted odds ratio; Age; Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis; aOR; Arthritis; Bias; Biological and medical sciences; BMI; body mass index; Calcification; calcium pyrophosphate; calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate; Chondrocalcinosis; Chondrocalcinosis - chemically induced; Chondrocalcinosis - complications; Chondrocalcinosis - epidemiology; community; confidence interval; CPPD; Crystals; Demographic aspects; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Diuretics; Diuretics - adverse effects; England - epidemiology; Exostoses - complications; Extended Report; Female; Humans; joint space narrowing; joint space width; JSN; JSW; Knee; Knee Joint; Knee pain; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases; Observer Variation; osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis, Knee - diagnostic imaging; Osteoarthritis, Knee - epidemiology; Osteoarthritis, Knee - etiology; patellofemoral joint; PFJ; Population; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Radiography; Reading; Researchers; Risk Factors; Studies; TFJ; tibiofemoral joint; United Kingdom; Europe; Knee; Human; Chondrocalcinosis; Prevalence; Radiodiagnosis; Pathophysiology; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Lower limb; Epidemiology; Knee disease; Radiography; Osteophyte; Chondropathy; Correlation analysis; Arthropathy; Degenerative disease; Calcium Diphosphates; Osteoarthritis; Microcrystal; Public health

Objectives: (1) To estimate the prevalence of chondrocalcinosis (CC) in the community and to characterise its compartmental distribution within the knee. (2) To investigate the associations between CC and individual radiographic features of osteoarthritis (OA) at the tibiofemoral joint (TFJ) and pat...