The Association of Stair Climbing Behaviors With Hazard of All-Cause Mortality in Adults With or At Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis
Authors' conclusion
Adults with or at high risk for knee OA who report difficulty with climbing stairs or who infrequently use stairs are at greater hazard of all-cause mortality.
Study context
- Population
- Community-dwelling adults with or at high risk for symptomatic knee OA, Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI)difficulty and frequency samples
- Exposure
- Stair climbing difficulty and stair climbing frequency vs all-cause mortality
- Outcome
- All-cause mortality
- Follow-up
- 13 years
Methodological detailsKaplan-Meier survival curves, Cox proportional hazards regression
- Kaplan-Meier survival curves
- Cox proportional hazards regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Deaths, difficulty sample
307
6.81%
Deaths, frequency sample
310
6.84%
Limited in any capacity in stair climbing ability: greater hazard of all-cause mortality
54% to 84%
Climbed at least 7 flights of stairs per week: lower hazard of all-cause mortality
38%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
The Association of Stair Climbing Behaviors With Hazard of All-Cause Mortality in Adults With or At Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol. Published 1 February 2024. doi:10.
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