Brief Report: Association of Quantitative and Topographic Assessment of Heberden's Nodes With Knee Osteoarthritis: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative

• Published in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) Vol. 70; no. 8; pp. 1234 - 1239
• Main Authors: Kumar, Neil M., Hafezi‐Nejad, Nima, Guermazi, Ali, Haj‐Mirzaian, Arya, Haugen, Ida K., Roemer, Frank W., Demehri, Shadpour
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2018
• Subjects: Aged; Arthritis; Biocompatibility; Confidence intervals; Disease Progression; Female; Finger Joint - diagnostic imaging; Finger Joint - pathology; Humans; Incidence; Knee; Knee Joint - diagnostic imaging; Knee Joint - pathology; Male; Mathematical models; Middle Aged; Nodes; Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis, Knee - diagnostic imaging; Osteoarthritis, Knee - epidemiology; Osteoarthritis, Knee - etiology; Physical examinations; Proportional Hazards Models; Radiography - statistics & numerical data; Regression analysis; Rheumatic Nodule - complications; Rheumatic Nodule - diagnostic imaging; Rheumatic Nodule - pathology; Statistical analysis; Statistical significance; Symmetry

Objective To determine whether the presence, number, and topography (digit location and symmetry) of Heberden's nodes are associated with the incidence and progression of radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. Methods We analyzed 8,023 knees (with 8 years of follow‐up) from the Osteoarth...