Association of obesity with the lower limbs osteoarthritis in a community of women from El Jadida Province in Morocco
Open Access
- 30 June 2019
- journal article
- Published by The North African Journal of Food and Nutrition Research (NAJFNR) in The North African Journal of Food and Nutrition Research
Abstract
Background: In the last years, obesity became of interest because of its association with osteoarthritis (OA) which is increasing with the increase of both life expectancy and the prevalence of obesity. Aims: The objective was to assess the association of obesity with the susceptibility of the lower limbs OA (LLOA) occurrence in women. Subjects and Methods: The symptomatic susceptibility of the onset of LLOA was evaluated on a sample of women from El Jadida (Morocco) using the Moroccan version of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities osteoarthritis index (WOMAC) for the lower limbs. Sociodemographic and anthropometric data were collected too using a questionnaire. Results: The surveyed female population was 45±13 years old mostly obese (77%) with an average BMI: 29.18 ± 5.29 and a WHR: 0.93 ± 0.9. The susceptibility of the LLOA in both forms (knee and coccyx osteoarthritis) was highly prevalent in women older than 50 years (22%). The three dimensions of WOMAC (pain, stiffness and functional impairment) are felt much more among postmenopausal 44.37±26.67 (with a rate of 49%) than procreating women 29.58±22.44 (with a rate of 51%) among women with morbid obesity (69.40±8.27) than normal weight (31.67±4.40) and in women having android (86.13%) than those with a gynoid obesity morphotype (5.10%). Conclusions: The results report an association of obesity with the risk of osteoarthritis occurrence varying with age and OA location hence the importance of preventing osteoarthritis issues through the management of obesity. Keywords: Knee osteoarthritis, Coccyx osteoarthritis, WOMAC, Obesity, BMI, WHR.Keywords
This publication has 33 references indexed in Scilit:
- Biomechanical factors in osteoarthritisBest Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2011
- Effects of an intensive weight loss program on knee joint loading in obese adults with knee osteoarthritisOsteoarthritis and Cartilage, 2011
- What if we prevent obesity? Risk reduction in knee osteoarthritis estimated through a meta-analysis of observational studiesArthritis Care & Research, 2011
- Methodologic challenges in studying risk factors for progression of knee osteoarthritisArthritis Care & Research, 2010
- EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritisAnnals Of The Rheumatic Diseases, 2009
- Relationship between body adiposity measures and risk of primary knee and hip replacement for osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort studyArthritis Research & Therapy, 2009
- Body mass index associated with onset and progression of osteoarthritis of the knee but not of the hip: The Rotterdam StudyAnnals Of The Rheumatic Diseases, 2006
- Anthropometry of women of childbearing age in Morocco: body composition and prevalence of overweight and obesityPublic Health Nutrition, 2004
- Incidence and progression of osteoarthritis in women with unilateral knee disease in the general population: the effect of obesity.Annals Of The Rheumatic Diseases, 1994
- Weight Loss Reduces the Risk for Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis in WomenAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1992