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ReviewClinical and experimental rheumatology

Knee and hip osteoarthritis as predictors of premature death: a review of the evidence.

Rebecca J Cleveland, Amanda E Nelson, Leigh F Callahan

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Review in Clinical and experimental rheumatology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rebecca J ClevelandThurston Arthritis Research Center, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA. becki@unc.edu.
Amanda E NelsonThurston Arthritis Research Center, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Leigh F CallahanThurston Arthritis Research Center, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Dept. of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Departments of Orthopaedics and Social Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

UNC Core Center for Clinical ResearchP30AR072580 · NIAMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LEIGH Fleming CALLAHAN, Amanda E Nelson · 2019 to 2026
$6.1M
NIAMS Multidisciplinary Clinical Research CenterP60AR064166 · NIAMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SCHWARTZ, TODD A · 2013 to 2017
$5.8M
Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project: Arthritis, Disability, and Other Chronic DiseasesU01DP006266 · DP · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI NELSON, AMANDA E · 2016 to 2020
$3.8M
Mortality in a community sample of adults with arthritisR01AR065937 · NIAMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI CALLAHAN, LEIGH FLEMING, JORDAN, JOANNE M. · 2013 to 2016
$1.1M
ACL HHS U01DP006266NCCDPHP CDC HHS U01 DP006266NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR072580NIAMS NIH HHS P60 AR064166NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR065937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are common, with osteoarthritis (OA) being the most prevalent. RMDs, including OA, are associated with significant pain and functional limitations, as well as mortality rates up to 1.6-fold higher than in the general population. Most studies of OA and mortality have focused on knee and hip OA. Some, but not all, of these studies suggest an increased risk of death, however risks may differ by region. Reasons for discordant findings may be due to methodological considerations including definition of OA, study design, length of follow-up, and whether variables that can change and develop over time, such as measures of OA, body mass index (BMI) and comorbidities, were re-assessed during the follow-up period. Research has shown that the prognosis of OA is similar to that seen in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, in many respects. In RA, disability and comorbidities are the most important predictors of mortality, although pain may be more prominent in the prognosis of OA mortality. The data suggest that addressing functional limitations and pain seen with OA could potentially reduce the increased mortality that has been observed in these individuals. Further study is needed concerning the potential excess mortality attributable to lower body OA, as well as associated disability, pain and comorbidities.

Indexed as

Osteoarthritis, HipOsteoarthritis, KneeBody Mass IndexComorbidityHumansKnee JointMortality, Premature

Identifiers

PMID31621563
PMCPMC6934074
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