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Osteoarthritis
Is symptomatic knee osteoarthritis a risk factor for a trajectory of fast decline in gait speed? Results from a longitudinal cohort study†
Article first published online: 30 JAN 2013
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21816
Copyright © 2013 by the American College of Rheumatology
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How to Cite
White, D. K., Niu, J. and Zhang, Y. (2013), Is symptomatic knee osteoarthritis a risk factor for a trajectory of fast decline in gait speed? Results from a longitudinal cohort study. Arthritis Care Res, 65: 187–194. doi: 10.1002/acr.21816
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 30 JAN 2013
- Article first published online: 30 JAN 2013
- Accepted manuscript online: 16 AUG 2012 08:52PM EST
- Manuscript Accepted: 27 JUL 2012
- Manuscript Received: 20 FEB 2012
Funded by
- American College of Rheumatology/Rheumatology Research Foundation Rheumatology Investigator Award
- Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. Grant Number: P30-AG031679
- Foundation for Physical Therapy Geriatric Research Grant
- NIH. Grant Number: AR47885
- NIH, a branch of the Department of Health and Human Services. Grant Numbers: N01-AR-2-2258, N01-AR-2-2259, N01-AR-2-2260, N01-AR-2-2261, N01-AR-2-2262
- OAI Study Investigators
- Merck Research Laboratories
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Pfizer, Inc.
- Foundation for the NIH
Corrected by:
Erratum: Error in Figure 1 of Article by White et al (Arthritis Care Res, February 2013)
Vol. 65, Issue 4, 666, Article first published online: 28 MAR 2013
Abstract
Objective
Gait speed is an important marker of health in adults and slows with aging. While knee osteoarthritis (OA) can result in difficulty walking, it is not known if radiographic knee OA (ROA) and/or knee pain are associated with a fast decline trajectory of gait speed over time.
Methods
Gait speed trajectories were constructed using a multinomial modeling strategy from repeated 20-meter walk tests measured annually over 4 years among participants from the Osteoarthritis Initiative, a prospective cohort study of adults ages 45–79 years at baseline with or at high risk of knee OA. We grouped participants into 4 knee OA categories (having neither ROA nor knee pain, ROA only, knee pain only, or symptomatic knee OA [ROA and pain]) and examined their association with trajectories of gait speed using a multivariable polytomous regression model adjusting for age and other potential confounders.
Results
Of the 4,179 participants (mean ± SD age 61.1 ± 9.1 years, 57.6% women, mean ± SD body mass index 28.5 ± 4.8 kg/m2), 5% (n = 205) were in a fast decline trajectory, slowing at a rate of 2.75%/year. People with symptomatic knee OA had an almost 9-fold risk (odds ratio 8.9; 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 3.1, 25.5) of being in a fast decline trajectory compared with those with neither pain nor ROA. Participants with knee pain had 4.5 times the odds of a fast decline (95% CI 1.4, 14.6), and those with ROA only had a slight but non–statistically significant increased risk.
Conclusion
People with symptomatic knee OA have the highest risk of a fast decline trajectory of gait speed compared with people with ROA or pain alone.