The Association of Obesity with Walking Independent of Knee Pain: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Practice guidelines recommend addressing obesity for people with knee OA, however, the association of obesity with walking independent of pain is not known. We investigated this association within the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study, a cohort of older adults who have or are at high risk of knee OA...
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| author | Daniel K. White Tuhina Neogi Yuqing Zhang David Felson Michael LaValley Jingbo Niu Michael Nevitt Cora E. Lewis James Torner K. Douglas Gross |
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| description | Practice guidelines recommend addressing obesity for people with knee OA, however, the association of obesity with walking independent of pain is not known. We investigated this association within the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study, a cohort of older adults who have or are at high risk of knee OA. Subjects wore a StepWatch to record steps taken over 7 days. We measured knee pain from a visual analogue scale and obesity by BMI. We examined the association of obesity with walking using linear regression adjusting for pain and covariates. Of 1788 subjects, the mean steps/day taken was 8872.9±3543.4. Subjects with a BMI ≥35 took 3355 fewer steps per day independent of knee pain compared with those with a BMI ≤25 (95% CI −3899, −2811). BMI accounted for 9.7% of the variability of walking while knee pain accounted for 2.9%. BMI was associated with walking independent of knee pain. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f31d494788e349358ae8b1ead53fa7ba2025-02-03T05:52:41ZengWileyJournal of Obesity2090-07082090-07162012-01-01201210.1155/2012/261974261974The Association of Obesity with Walking Independent of Knee Pain: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis StudyDaniel K. White0Tuhina Neogi1Yuqing Zhang2David Felson3Michael LaValley4Jingbo Niu5Michael Nevitt6Cora E. Lewis7James Torner8K. Douglas Gross9Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College, Boston University, Boston, MA 02115, USASection of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USASection of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USASection of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USADepartment of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USASection of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USADepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94107, USADivision of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USADepartment of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USADepartment of Physical Therapy, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA 02129, USAPractice guidelines recommend addressing obesity for people with knee OA, however, the association of obesity with walking independent of pain is not known. We investigated this association within the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study, a cohort of older adults who have or are at high risk of knee OA. Subjects wore a StepWatch to record steps taken over 7 days. We measured knee pain from a visual analogue scale and obesity by BMI. We examined the association of obesity with walking using linear regression adjusting for pain and covariates. Of 1788 subjects, the mean steps/day taken was 8872.9±3543.4. Subjects with a BMI ≥35 took 3355 fewer steps per day independent of knee pain compared with those with a BMI ≤25 (95% CI −3899, −2811). BMI accounted for 9.7% of the variability of walking while knee pain accounted for 2.9%. BMI was associated with walking independent of knee pain.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/261974 |
| spellingShingle | Daniel K. White Tuhina Neogi Yuqing Zhang David Felson Michael LaValley Jingbo Niu Michael Nevitt Cora E. Lewis James Torner K. Douglas Gross The Association of Obesity with Walking Independent of Knee Pain: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study Journal of Obesity |
| title | The Association of Obesity with Walking Independent of Knee Pain: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study |
| title_full | The Association of Obesity with Walking Independent of Knee Pain: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study |
| title_fullStr | The Association of Obesity with Walking Independent of Knee Pain: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Association of Obesity with Walking Independent of Knee Pain: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study |
| title_short | The Association of Obesity with Walking Independent of Knee Pain: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study |
| title_sort | association of obesity with walking independent of knee pain the multicenter osteoarthritis study |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/261974 |
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