All cause and disease specific mortality in patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis: population based cohort study

Nüesch, Eveline; Dieppe, Paul; Reichenbach, Stephan; Williams, Susan; Iff, Samuel; Jüni, Peter (2011). All cause and disease specific mortality in patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis: population based cohort study. BMJ, 342, d1165. London: BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/bmj.d1165

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Objective To examine all cause and disease specific mortality in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip.

Design Population based cohort study.

Setting General practices in the southwest of England.

Participants 1163 patients aged 35 years or over with symptoms and radiological confirmation of osteoarthritis of the knee or hip.

Main outcome measures Age and sex standardised mortality ratios and multivariable hazard ratios of death after a median of 14 years’ follow-up.

Results Patients with osteoarthritis had excess all cause mortality compared with the general population (standardised mortality ratio 1.55, 95% confidence interval 1.41 to 1.70). Excess mortality was observed for all disease specific causes of death but was particularly pronounced for cardiovascular (standardised mortality ratio 1.71, 1.49 to 1.98) and dementia associated mortality (1.99, 1.22 to 3.25). Mortality increased with increasing age (P for trend <0.001), male sex (adjusted hazard ratio 1.59, 1.30 to 1.96), self reported history of diabetes (1.95, 1.31 to 2.90), cancer (2.28, 1.50 to 3.47), cardiovascular disease (1.38, 1.12 to 1.71), and walking disability (1.48, 1.17 to 1.86). However, little evidence existed for increased mortality associated with previous joint replacement, obesity, depression, chronic inflammatory disease, eye disease, or presence of pain at baseline. The more severe the walking disability, the higher was the risk of death (P for trend <0.001).

Conclusion Patients with osteoarthritis are at higher risk of death compared with the general population. History of diabetes, cancer, or cardiovascular disease and the presence of walking disability are major risk factors. Management of patients with osteoarthritis and walking disability should focus on effective treatment of cardiovascular risk factors and comorbidities, as well as on increasing physical activity.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

UniBE Contributor:

Nüesch, Eveline, Reichenbach, Stephan, Iff, Samuel, Jüni, Peter

ISSN:

1756-1833

Publisher:

BMJ Publishing Group

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 14:14

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:02

Publisher DOI:

10.1136/bmj.d1165

PubMed ID:

21385807

Web of Science ID:

000288446800005

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.3469

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/3469 (FactScience: 207266)

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