LIVERPOOL, England — Low walking frequency and depression were associated with an increase in mortality in patients with osteoarthritis, according to findings presented here.
Simran Parmar, MD, of Keele University in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, said that OA is the most common joint condition and the fourth leading cause of disability worldwide. “There is moderate evidence of increased mortality for rheumatoid arthritis,” he said, but stressed that some data sets show this increase, while others fail to demonstrate it. “[However,] there is a bit of an unclear
Original Article: Targeting physical activity, depression could reduce mortality in OA