Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis With Obesity, Sarcopenic Obesity, and Sarcopenia

• Published in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) Vol. 71; no. 2; pp. 232 - 237
• Main Authors: Misra, Devyani, Fielding, Roger A., Felson, David T., Niu, Jingbo, Brown, Carrie, Nevitt, Michael, Lewis, Cora E., Torner, James, Neogi, Tuhina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2019
• Subjects: Absorptiometry; Absorptiometry, Photon; Adipose Tissue - diagnostic imaging; Aged; Anthropometry; Arthritis; Biocompatibility; Body Composition; Body weight loss; Confidence intervals; Female; Humans; Incidence; Knee; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Men; Middle Aged; Muscle, Skeletal - diagnostic imaging; Muscles; Obesity; Obesity - diagnostic imaging; Obesity - epidemiology; Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis, Knee - diagnostic imaging; Osteoarthritis, Knee - epidemiology; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Robustness (mathematics); Sarcopenia; Sarcopenia - diagnostic imaging; Sarcopenia - epidemiology; Statistical analysis; Weight control; Weight loss

Objective Obesity, defined by anthropometric measures, is a well‐known risk factor for knee osteoarthritis (OA), but there is a relative paucity of data regarding the association of body composition (fat and muscle mass) with risk of knee OA. We undertook this study to examine the longitudinal assoc...