Modifiable risk factors in knee osteoarthritis: treatment implications

T Georgiev, AK Angelov - Rheumatology international, 2019 - Springer
Optimal management of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) should include, where possible,
modification of risk factors through targeted interventions. The objectives of the present …

Metformin: a potential therapeutic tool for rheumatologists

T Salvatore, PC Pafundi, R Galiero, K Gjeloshi… - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Metformin is an oral antihyperglycemic drug widely used to treat type 2 diabetes, acting via
indirect activation of 5′ Adenosine Monophosphate-activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) …

Association between metformin use and disease progression in obese people with knee osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative—a prospective cohort …

Y Wang, SM Hussain, AE Wluka, YZ Lim… - Arthritis research & …, 2019 - Springer
Objective To examine whether metformin use was associated with knee cartilage volume
loss over 4 years and risk of total knee replacement over 6 years in obese individuals with …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic osteoarthritis–relation of diabetes and cardiovascular disease with knee osteoarthritis

L Kuusalo, DT Felson, N Wang, CE Lewis… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective There is an interest in identifying a metabolic OA phenotype. We therefore
assessed the relation of diabetes and cardiovascular disease to prevalent and incident …

Association of metabolic syndrome with knee and hand osteoarthritis: a community-based study of women

MT Sanchez-Santos, A Judge, M Gulati… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective It is unclear whether the association between osteoarthritis (OA) and metabolic
syndrome (MetS) varies with the site of the affected joint and the presence of pain. Our aim …

Osteoarthritis and diabetes: Where are we and where should we go?

AM Alenazi, AS Alhowimel, MM Alshehri, BA Alqahtani… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Diabetes mellitus (DM) and osteoarthritis (OA) are chronic noncommunicable diseases that
affect millions of people worldwide. OA and DM are prevalent worldwide and associated …

Diabetes mellitus is not a risk factor for osteoarthritis

A Khor, CA Ma, C Hong, LLY Hui, YY Leung - RMD open, 2020 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Background Association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and risk of osteoarthritis (OA) can
be confounded by body mass index (BMI), a strong risk factor for both conditions. We …

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes and associated risk factors with generalized osteoarthritis: a retrospective study using ICD codes for clinical data repository system

AM Alenazi, S Alothman, MM Alshehri, J Rucker… - Clinical …, 2019 - Springer
Objective Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been associated with osteoarthritis (OA).
T2DM may be associated with generalized OA (GOA≥ 3 joints) rather than localized OA …

Setting up distinctive outcome measures for each osteoarthritis phenotype

JA Roman-Blas, LA Mendoza-Torres… - Therapeutic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Osteoarthritis (OA) is an evolving chronic joint disease with a huge global impact. Given the
intricate nature of the etiopathogenesis and subsequent high heterogeneity in the clinical …

Association between metabolic syndrome and knee structural change on MRI

F Pan, J Tian, SM Mattap, F Cicuttini, G Jones - Rheumatology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objective To examine the association of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components
with knee cartilage volume loss and bone marrow lesion (BML) change. Methods …