Association of Body Mass Index With Incidence and Progression of Knee Effusion on Magnetic Resonance Imaging and on Knee Examination

作者:Hung Amy; Sayre Eric C; Guermazi Ali; Esdaile John M; Kopec Jacek A; Thorne Anona; Singer Joel; Wong Hubert; Nicolaou Savvas; Cibere Jolanda*
来源:Arthritis Care & Research, 2016, 68(4): 511-516.
DOI:10.1002/acr.22714

摘要

Objective. To determine the association of body mass index (BMI) with incidence and progression of knee effusion on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and physical examination (PE) in a longitudinal cohort with knee pain. Methods. A population-based cohort was assessed at baseline and 3 years (n = 163). BMI was categorized as normal (<25), overweight (25-29.9), and obese (>= 30). Knee effusion was graded as 0-3 (absent/mild/moderate/severe) on MRI and 0-1 (absent/present) on PE. Progression of MRI effusion (MRIeff) was an increase of >= 1 grade in those with grade 1 or 2 at baseline. Incident MRIeff and PE effusion (PEeff) were any effusion at followup (>0) in those with grade 0 at baseline. A second type of incident MRIeff was effusion grade >= 2 at followup in those with grade <2 at baseline. Exponential regression analysis was used, adjusted for age, sex, and radiographic severity. Results. Incident MRIeff >= 1, incident MRIeff >= 2, incident PEeff, and progression of MRIeff were seen in 14 of 73 (19%), 18 of 140 (13%), 26 of 127 (20%), and 18 of 86 (21%), respectively. There was a borderline statistical association of obesity with progression of MRIeff (hazard ratio [HR] 3.3 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.0-11.2]) and with incident MRIeff >= 2 (HR 3.4 [95% CI 1.0-11.5]). BMI was not associated with incident MRIeff >= 1 (HR overweight 1.1 [95% CI 0.3-3.6], obese 1.0 [95% CI 0.2-5.0]). Overweight was associated with incident PEeff (HR 4.5 [95% CI 1.4-14.2]), while obesity was not statistically significant (HR 3.1 [95% CI 0.9-11.1]). Conclusion. Obesity was a risk factor for incident and progressive knee effusion in this population-based cohort. These findings highlight an important link between obesity and inflammation in knee osteoarthritis.

  • 出版日期2016-4