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. 2011 Jan;19(1):44-50.
doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.10.009. Epub 2010 Oct 16.

Forecasting the burden of advanced knee osteoarthritis over a 10-year period in a cohort of 60-64 year-old US adults

H L Holt  1 , J N Katz, W M Reichmann, H Gerlovin, E A Wright, D J Hunter, J M Jordan, C L Kessler, E Losina
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Forecasting the burden of advanced knee osteoarthritis over a 10-year period in a cohort of 60-64 year-old US adults

H L Holt et al. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2011 Jan.

Abstract

Objective: To forecast the burden of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) in the elderly US population over a 10-year horizon.

Design: Using a computer simulation model of the natural history and management of knee OA combined with population-based data from the 2008 US Census we projected the 10-year burden of knee OA among persons 60-64 years of age. Knee OA incidence and progression rates were derived from national cohorts and calibrated to published literature.

Results: Using national data we estimated that 13% of 14,338,292 adults 60-64 years old have prevalent symptomatic, radiographic knee OA. Among persons surviving the next decade, 20% will have symptomatic advanced (Kellgren-Lawrence [K-L] grade 3) or end-stage (K-L 4) knee OA. Prevalence of advanced knee OA will range from 10% among non-obese to 35% among obese persons. Our estimates show that a more sensitive imaging tool, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), may increase the number of OA cases diagnosed by up to 94% assuming that 50% of all 'pre-radiographic knee OA' (K-L 1) has some evidence of cartilage degeneration seen on MRI.

Conclusions: Projecting new and advanced cases of knee OA among persons aged 60-64 years over the next decade creates a benchmark that can be used to evaluate population-based benefits of future disease-modifying OA drugs that are currently undergoing testing at various stages.

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Authors do not have any conflict of interest with respect to the context of this paper.

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Figure 1
Percent of the surviving baseline population with symptomatic advanced or end-stage knee OA at 10 years. In the ’Base Case’ scenario, the Osteoarthritis Policy (OAPol) Model incidence and progression rates were calibrated to rates reported by Cooper et al. 2000 (light grey). In the ‘More conservative case’ (dark grey) and ‘Less conservative case’ (white) scenarios, the OAPol Model incidence and progression rates were calibrated to Framingham Osteoarthritis Study and Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project data, respectively,. The height of each bar depicts the percent of the overall population with symptomatic advanced (K-L 3) or end-stage (K-L 4) knee osteoarthritis (OA) 10 years from the baseline. The uncertainty in progression and incidence parameter estimates are depicted by error bars. The asymmetry of the error bars reflects utilization of TKR.
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