Non-genetic risk factors associated with glenohumeral osteoarthritis-related shoulder arthroplasty
Abigail G Carey-Ewend, Xiaoyi Xu, Vy Pham, Jay D Keener, Elizabeth L Yanik · 2026
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Abigail Carey-Ewend and co-authors hunt for non-genetic predictors of end-stage shoulder arthritis, in a 2026 study. Shoulder osteoarthritis causes disabling pain, yet its risk factors are barely charted compared with hip and knee disease. Working in the UK Biobank, the team treated shoulder replacement surgery for arthritis as the marker of end-stage disease. Baseline survey answers were linked to later hospital records for nearly half a million people.
Among them, 652 shoulder replacements for arthritis occurred. Each extra decade of age more than doubled the risk. Obesity tripled it compared with a healthy weight, a link stronger than the same link for hip replacement though weaker than for knee replacement. The authors also weighed other lifestyle and health factors against the joint outcomes. Their map gives prevention efforts firmer ground: weight and age dominate shoulder arthritis risk.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Abigail G Carey-Ewend, Xiaoyi Xu, Vy Pham, Jay D Keener, Elizabeth L Yanik |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |