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Molecular and imaging biomarkers of local inflammation at 2 years after anterior cruciate ligament injury do not associate with patient reported outcomes at 5 years

Struglics, A. LU ; Turkiewicz, A. LU ; Larsson, S. LU orcid ; Lohmander, L. S. LU orcid ; Roemer, F. W. LU ; Frobell, R. LU and Englund, M. LU orcid (2020) In Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 28(3). p.356-362
Abstract

Objective: To estimate the association between molecular or imaging inflammatory biomarkers at 2 years after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and patient-reported outcomes at 5 years. Methods: For 116 ACL-injured patients, molecular biomarkers of inflammation (synovial fluid and serum cytokines) and Hoffa- and effusion-synovitis as visualized on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were assessed 2 years post-injury. Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and SF-36 were assessed at 2 and 5 years. We used multiple imputation to handle biomarker values that were below the level of detection or missing, and linear regression for statistical analyses. Results: None of the synovial fluid cytokines or imaging biomarkers of... (More)

Objective: To estimate the association between molecular or imaging inflammatory biomarkers at 2 years after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and patient-reported outcomes at 5 years. Methods: For 116 ACL-injured patients, molecular biomarkers of inflammation (synovial fluid and serum cytokines) and Hoffa- and effusion-synovitis as visualized on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were assessed 2 years post-injury. Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and SF-36 were assessed at 2 and 5 years. We used multiple imputation to handle biomarker values that were below the level of detection or missing, and linear regression for statistical analyses. Results: None of the synovial fluid cytokines or imaging biomarkers of inflammation at 2 years were associated with any of the patient-reported outcomes at 5 years. With each log10 unit higher of serum tumor necrosis factor concentration the knee-related quality of life of KOOS was increased (i.e., better outcome) by 35 (95% confidence interval 7 to 63) points. No other serum biomarker measured at 2 years was associated with patient-reported outcome at 5 years. Conclusion: Local joint inflammation assessed by biomarkers in synovial fluid and Hoffa- and effusion-synovitis on MRI at 2 years after an ACL injury did not associate with patient-reported outcomes at 5 years. Thus, chronic inflammation in the ACL-injured knee, as reflected by the biomarkers studied here, seems not to be a key determinant for the long-term patient-reported outcomes.

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Anterior cruciate ligament injury, Biomarkers, Inflammation, Patient reported outcomes, Synovitis
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Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
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28
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3
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7 pages
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Elsevier
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  • scopus:85078809192
  • pmid:31940458
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1063-4584
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10.1016/j.joca.2019.12.010
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English
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  author       = {{Struglics, A. and Turkiewicz, A. and Larsson, S. and Lohmander, L. S. and Roemer, F. W. and Frobell, R. and Englund, M.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{03}},
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  pages        = {{356--362}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Osteoarthritis and Cartilage}},
  title        = {{Molecular and imaging biomarkers of local inflammation at 2 years after anterior cruciate ligament injury do not associate with patient reported outcomes at 5 years}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2019.12.010}},
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