Racialized Inequities in Knee Arthroplasty Receipt After Osteoarthritis Diagnosis in the US Military Health System
Authors' conclusion
In the present sample, Asian and Pacific Islander, Black, and Latine patients were significantly less likely to receive a knee arthroplasty, relative to white patients.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with a primary OA diagnosis in the US Military Health System, January 2016–January 2020
- Participants
- 29,734 patients
- Exposure
- Asian and Pacific Islander, Black and Latine vs white patients
- Outcome
- Knee arthroplasty receipt within three years after diagnosis
- Follow-up
- Up to three years after diagnosis
Methodological detailsgeneralized additive model with time-varying covariates
- Generalized additive model with time-varying covariates
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Knee arthroplasty receipt · within three years after diagnosis
Each group vs whiteIncidence rate ratio (95% CI)P value
Asian and Pacific Islander
0.58(0.45–0.74)
all P < 0.001Black
0.52(0.46–0.59)
all P < 0.001Latine
0.66(0.52–0.85)
all P < 0.001Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Racialized Inequities in Knee Arthroplasty Receipt After Osteoarthritis Diagnosis in the US Military Health System. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 5 February 2024. doi:10.
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