Correlation between body mass index and need for total knee replacement in a group of Latin XXXX with knee osteoarthritis.

@entity1 @entity571 @entity28
@entity571 ( @entity571 ) of the knee has been linked to @entity28 . Clinical observations suggested that there is a direct relationship between the degree of @entity28 and the severity of knee @entity571 in the Latin community. This study associates the risk of requiring total knee replacement (TKR) attributable to being @entity28 on a subset of Latin @entity1 . METHODS: 112 Latin @entity1 ages 21 to 89 years were evaluated by an orthopedic surgeon and enrolled in a pilot case-control study. The charts of these @entity1 were reviewed and sociodemographic data, body mass index (BMI), and initial management, whether it was medical or TKR were reviewed. @entity1 were segregated according to their BMI in different categories: normal, overweight, @entity28 class I, @entity28 class II, and @entity28 class III. Severity of @entity571 was then compared between the @entity1 in the different BMI classifications. Analyses were further adjusted for age, sex and hometown. RESULTS: 100 subjects were successfully included into the study. Of the @entity28 @entity1 , neither underweight nor normal weight @entity1 were managed with TKR, and only 9% of overweight @entity1 were managed with TKR. Overall, 48% of the @entity28 @entity1 were managed with TKR. This included 43% of the @entity28 class 1, 58% of the @entity28 class I, and 33% of the @entity28 class III @entity1 . CONCLUSION: There seems to be a direct relationship between @entity28 and risk of TKR in the Latin community.
