ArticleObesity science & practice2020
Association of body mass index and osteoarthritis with healthcare expenditures and utilization.
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- Effectiveness and safety of multiple injections of human placenta-derived MSCs for knee osteoarthritis: a nonrandomized phase I trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Donor ethnicity, sex, and age impact chondrogenic re-differentiation capacity: a multi-demographic study of human articular chondrocytesJournal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2025Article
- Clinical, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Gait Differences Among Obesity Classes in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis.Arthritis care & research · 2024Article
- Delayed timing of physical therapy initiation increases the risk of future opioid use in individuals with knee osteoarthritis: a real-world cohort study.British journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Diabesity: a superadded effect contributing to worse total primary hip replacement operative outcomes for patients with diabetes and obesity.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- Selected musculoskeletal disorders in patients with thyroid dysfunction, diabetes, and obesity.Reumatologia · 2023Review
- Protocol for the POMELO (Prevention Of MusclE Loss in Osteoarthritis) randomized pilot feasibility trial.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2022Article
- Association of Physical Therapy Interventions With Long-term Opioid Use After Total Knee Replacement.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Driving factors for the utilisation of healthcare services by people with osteoarthritis in Portugal: results from a nationwide population-based study.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Association of body mass index and osteoarthritis with healthcare expenditures and utilization.Obesity science & practice · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveOsteoarthritis is highly prevalent and, on aggregate, is one of the largest contributors to US spending on hospital-based health care. This study sought to examine body mass index (BMI)-related variation in the association of osteoarthritis with healthcare utilization and expenditures.
methodsThis is a retrospective study using administrative insurance claims linked to electronic health records. Study patients were aged ≥ 18 years with ≥1 BMI measurement recorded in 2014, with the first (
resultsA total of 256 459 patients (median age = 56 y) met study eligibility criteria; 14.8% (38 050) had osteoarthritis. In multivariable analyses, the adjusted prevalence of osteoarthritis increased with increasing BMI (12.7% in patients who were overweight [25.0-29.9 kg m
conclusionThe prevalence and economic burden of osteoarthritis grow with increasing BMI; primary prevention of weight-related osteoarthritis and secondary weight management may help to alleviate this burden.
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