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ArticleOsteoarthritis and cartilage open2023

Radiographically detectable intra-articular mineralization: Predictor of knee osteoarthritis outcomes or only an indicator of aging? A brief report from the osteoarthritis initiative.

Hamza Ahmed Ibad, Robert M Kwee, Elena Ghotbi, Frank W Roemer, Ali Guermazi, Shadpour Demehri

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Article in Osteoarthritis and cartilage open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Hamza Ahmed IbadThe Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Robert M KweeDepartment of Radiology, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen/Sittard/Geleen, the Netherlands.
Elena GhotbiThe Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Frank W RoemerDepartment of Radiology, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Ali GuermaziDepartment of Radiology, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Shadpour DemehriThe Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USBoston University · USZuyderland Medisch Centrum · NL

Funding

Effect of statin intake on Non-traumatic Generalized Knee OsteoarthritisR01AR079620 · NIAMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DEMEHRI, SHADPOUR · 2021 to 2025
$1.8M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR079620
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To determine the association between Intra-articular mineralization (IAM) and knee osteoarthritis (OA) outcomes stratified according to participants' age. Methods: Participants from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) with baseline radiographic OA (i.e., Kellgren-Lawrence grade ≥2 with Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) atlas joint space narrowing (JSN)) in either knee were identified. Both knees and dominant hand baseline radiographs were evaluated for the presence of IAM. Whole-grade OARSI-JSN radiographic progression and increased Western Ontario and McMaster universities osteoarthritis index scores of the knees with baseline radiographic OA (assessed annually) were defined as radiographic and symptomatic progression, respectively. Cox proportional-hazards and longitudinal multilevel regression models investigated radiographic and symptomatic progression, respectively. Results: 2010 participants with baseline radiographic OA in either one or both knees (N ​= ​2976) were identified. 178 participants had baseline IAM (hand radiographs ​= ​46, knee radiographs ​= ​166, both ​= ​34). An adjusted logistic regression model suggests an association between age and IAM (Odds Ratio: 1.06, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.04-1.08). Presence of any IAM was not associated with whole-grade OARSI-JSN (Hazard Ratio (HR): 1.00, 95% CI: 0.73-1.37) or symptomatic progression (Estimated difference: 1.24, p-value: 0.13) in all participants. Using stratification analysis, in younger participants <60 years old, presence of any IAM was associated with radiographic progression (HR: 1.90, 95% CI: 1.01-3.60). Conclusion: Although the presence of any radiographic IAM increases with higher age and does not predict knee OA outcomes across the entire sample of OAI participants, it is associated with knee OA radiographic progression in participants aged <60.

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BMI, Body Mass IndexCT, Computed TomographyIAM, Intra-articular mineralizationJSN, Joint Space NarrowingMRI, Magnetic Resonance ImagingOAI, Osteoarthritis InitiativeOA, OsteoarthritisOARSI, Osteoarthritis Research Society InternationalPASE, Physical Activity Scale for the ElderlyWOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster universities osteoarthritis index

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PMID36923363
PMCPMC10009540
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