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SUBMITTER: White DK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5009418 | biostudies-other | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
White Daniel K DK Neogi Tuhina T Nguyen Uyen-Sa D T US Niu Jingbo J Zhang Yuqing Y
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) 20151224 5
<h4>Objective</h4>To describe trajectories of functional decline over 84 months and study associated risk factors among adults initially without limitation who had or were at risk of knee OA.<h4>Methods</h4>We used annual measures of WOMAC physical function over 84 months from the OA Initiative. We included knees with no functional limitation (i.e. WOMAC = 0) at baseline. Knee-based trajectories of functional decline from WOMAC were identified from a group-based trajectory model (PROC TRAJ).<h4> ...[more]