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Thigh Muscle Specific-Strength and the Risk of Incident Knee Osteoarthritis: The Influence of Sex and Greater Body Mass Index.


ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether lower thigh muscle specific-strength increases the risk of incident radiographic knee osteoarthritis (RKOA), and whether there exists a sex-specific relationship between thigh muscle specific-strength and body mass index (BMI).

Methods

A total of 161 Osteoarthritis Initiative participants (62% female) with incident RKOA (Kellgren/Lawrence grade 0/1 at baseline, developing an osteophyte and joint space narrowing grade ?1 by year 4) were matched to 186 controls (58% female) without incident RKOA. Thigh muscle anatomical cross-sectional areas (ACSAs) were determined at baseline using axial magnetic resonance imaging scans. Isometric extensor and flexor muscle strength was measured at baseline, and specific strength (strength ÷ ACSA) was calculated. Logistic regression assessed the risk of incident RKOA associated with muscle specific-strength (with and without adjustment for BMI).

Results

Lower knee extensor- and flexor-specific strength significantly increased the risk of incident RKOA in women but not in men (odds ratio 1.47 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.10-1.96] and 1.41 [95% CI 1.06-1.89], respectively). The significant relationship in women was lost after adjustment for BMI. Lower specific strength was associated with higher BMI in women (r?=?-0.29, P?ConclusionLower thigh muscle specific-strength predicts incident RKOA in women, with this relationship being confounded by BMI. The sex-specific relationship between muscle specific-strength and BMI provides a possible explanation why women with muscle-strength deficits typically have a poorer prognosis than men with similar strength deficits.

SUBMITTER: Culvenor AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5532059 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Thigh Muscle Specific-Strength and the Risk of Incident Knee Osteoarthritis: The Influence of Sex and Greater Body Mass Index.

Culvenor Adam G AG   Felson David T DT   Niu Jingbo J   Wirth Wolfgang W   Sattler Martina M   Dannhauer Torben T   Eckstein Felix F  

Arthritis care & research 20170801 8


<h4>Objective</h4>To determine whether lower thigh muscle specific-strength increases the risk of incident radiographic knee osteoarthritis (RKOA), and whether there exists a sex-specific relationship between thigh muscle specific-strength and body mass index (BMI).<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 161 Osteoarthritis Initiative participants (62% female) with incident RKOA (Kellgren/Lawrence grade 0/1 at baseline, developing an osteophyte and joint space narrowing grade ≥1 by year 4) were matched to 186  ...[more]

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