Association between MRI-detected knee joint regional effusion-synovitis and structural changes in older adults: a cohort study

To describe the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between knee regional effusion-synovitis and structural changes in older adults. A total of 977 subjects were randomly selected from the local community (mean 62 years, 50% female) at baseline and 404 were followed up 2.6 years later. T2-weighted MRI was used to assess knee effusion-synovitis in four subregions: suprapatellar pouch, central portion, posterior femoral recess and subpopliteal recess. Knee cartilage defects, cartilage volume and bone marrow lesions (BMLs) were measured using MRI at baseline and follow-up. Cross-sectionally, effusion-synovitis in most subregions was significantly associated with a higher risk of cartilage defects, BMLs and reduced cartilage volume. Longitudinally, suprapatellar pouch effusion-synovitis at baseline predicted an increase in cartilage defects (p<0.01), loss of cartilage volume (p=0.04) and an increase in BMLs (p=0.02) in multivariable analyses. The significant associations of effusion-synovitis with cartilage volume and BMLs disappeared after adjustment for cartilage defects. Effusion-synovitis in whole knee joint (p<0.01) and subpopliteal recess (p<0.05) was consistently associated with longitudinal changes in cartilage defects but not in cartilage volume and BMLs. There are independent associations between knee joint effusion-synovitis and knee cartilage defects in both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, suggesting a potential causal relationship. The associations of effusion-synovitis with BMLs and cartilage volume were largely dependent on cartilage defects, suggesting potential causal pathways..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:75

Enthalten in:

Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 75(2016), 3, Seite 519

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Xia [VerfasserIn]
Blizzard, Leigh [Sonstige Person]
Halliday, Andrew [Sonstige Person]
Han, Weiyu [Sonstige Person]
Jin, Xingzhong [Sonstige Person]
Cicuttini, Flavia [Sonstige Person]
Jones, Graeme [Sonstige Person]
Ding, Changhai [Sonstige Person]

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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

BKL:

44.83

Themen:

Aged
Biopsy
Bone marrow
Bone marrow examination
Care and treatment
Health aspects
Magnetic resonance imaging
Synovitis
Usage

RVK:

RVK Klassifikation

doi:

10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206676

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1972727974