Prevalence and risk factors for joint pain among men and women in the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study

Adamson, J., Ebrahim, S., Dieppe, P. and Hunt, K. (2006) Prevalence and risk factors for joint pain among men and women in the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 65, pp. 520-524. (doi: 10.1136/ard.2005.037317)

Abstract

Objective: To examine the association between three modifiable risk factors (obesity, smoking, and alcohol consumption) and reported joint pain. Methods: Cross sectional data were collected on 858 people aged 58 years living in the West of Scotland and on the same individuals four years later, aged 62 years. Results: There was a positive relation between obesity and reported pain in the hips, knees, ankles, and feet. The strongest relation was with knee pain (odds ratio = 2.42 (95% confidence interval, 1.65 to 3.56)). There were no strong consistent associations between smoking habits and pain in any joint after adjusting for sex, alcohol consumption, body mass index, social class, and occupational exposures. Similarly, alcohol was not consistently related to pain in any joint in the fully adjusted models. Conclusions: Obesity had consistent and readily explained associations with lower limb joint pain. The data suggest that smoking behaviour and alcohol consumption are not consistently associated with joint pain across the body.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Hunt, Professor Kathryn
• Authors: Adamson, J., Ebrahim, S., Dieppe, P., and Hunt, K.
• Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > MRC/CSO SPHSU; College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing > Centre for Population and Health Sciences
• Journal Name: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
• Publisher: B M J Group
• ISSN: 0003-4967
• ISSN (Online): 1468-2060
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2006 BMJ Publishing Group
• First Published: First published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 65:520-524
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher