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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Nutr.
Sec. Clinical Nutrition
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1501722
This article is part of the Research Topic Nutritional Indicators and Implications for Human Health View all 8 articles

Association between body roundness index and osteoarthritis: A crosssectional analysis of NHANES 2011-2018

Provisionally accepted
Huazheng Liang Huazheng Liang 1Wenyue Si Wenyue Si 1Lin Li Lin Li 1Kaiying Yang Kaiying Yang 2*
  • 1 Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
  • 2 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou, China

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    Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the potential association between body roundness index (BRI) and the risk of osteoarthritis (OA) in US adults. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis consisting of 20,232 participants was conducted using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2011 to 2018. Participants (≥20 years of age) were included and divided into OA and non-OA groups. Then, the demographics and characteristics of the participants were compared between the two groups. The relationship between BRI and OA was assessed using a multivariate logistic regression model with fitted smoothed curve techniques. Additionally, subgroup analyses on the correlation between BRI and OA were performed. Results: The BRI scores in OA group were significantly higher than in the non-OA group (6.60 ± 2.62 vs 5.46 ± 2.34, P<0.001). Multivariate logistic analysis revealed that a significantly positive association between BRI and OA (OR = 1.12, 95% CI: 1.09–1.14, P<0.001). In the subgroup analysis, only the race subgroup showed a significant difference between BRI and OA (P<0.001). Conclusions: Our findings highlight a significantly positive association between BRI and OA prevalence in the general US population.

    Keywords: osteoarthritis1, Body roundness index2, obesity3, cross-sectional study4, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey5

    Received: 25 Sep 2024; Accepted: 21 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Liang, Si, Li and Yang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Kaiying Yang, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou, China

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