Knee and hip osteoarthritis increase the risk of cardiovascular disease: A national registry-based longitudinal cohort study
The apparent effect of osteoarthritis on cardiovascular disease was stronger in women than in men. Clinicians who care for patients with osteoarthritis should be aware of cardiovascular disease risk when selecting therapies and consider behavioural approaches to improving health-related physical activity behaviour in this population.
Authors
- Jeffrey J. Hébert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6959-325X)
- Niels Wedderkopp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9660-6618)
- Kim Christian Houlind (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1600-4415)
- Sanja Lazarova‐Molnar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6052-0863)
- Sinem Saritas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2445-5862)
- Parisa Niloofar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3147-0078)
Institutions
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
- University of New Brunswick (CA)
- Murdoch University (AU)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Maersk (Denmark) (DK)
- Lillebaelt Hospital (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321290
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.00