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The trajectories of depression symptoms and comorbidity in knee osteoarthritis subjects.

Mingyang LiYong NieYi ZengYuangang WuYuan LiuLimin WuShen Bin
Published in: Clinical rheumatology (2021)
A significant amount of KOA subjects tends to develop depression symptoms and comorbidity. Managing related risk factors, like weight loss or smoking cessation, might have considerable significance in preventing or delaying depression symptoms and comorbidity in KOA. Key Points • The first study investigating the trajectory of comorbidity progression in KOA. • Approximately 7.5% of KOA patients tend to develop depression symptoms quite rapidly, and 30% of KOA patients tend to develop comorbidity • Risk factors of worsening trajectories were identified: obesity, older age, smoking, female, and lower income.
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