PMID- 28337851 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190409 LR - 20190409 IS - 1756-185X (Electronic) IS - 1756-1841 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 11 DP - 2018 Nov TI - Low prevalence of knee chondrocalcinosis and its catabolic association with serum matrix metalloproteinase 3: A rural Japanese population study. PG - 2011-2018 LID - 10.1111/1756-185X.13067 [doi] AB - AIM: This study aimed to elucidate the prevalence of radiographic knee chondrocalcinosis (CC) and to clarify whether CC is correlated with self-reported knee symptoms and a serum catabolic biomarker. METHODS: A total of 1278 volunteers participated. Plain radiographs of both knees were obtained. Identification of a linear calcification in the knee joint space was defined as CC. Patients with a Kellgren-Lawrence grade of 2 or more were considered to have knee osteoarthritis (OA). Symptoms were evaluated using the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) Pain scale, and serum matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) concentration was determined. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to determine whether CC was correlated with OA, the KOOS Pain scale and MMP-3 concentration. RESULTS: Twenty-eight subjects were found to have CC (2.2%), and 389 had OA (30.4%). CC was correlated with OA (odds ratio: 5.797; P = 0.006). Additionally, CC was correlated with MMP-3 concentration (B = 11.415, beta = 0.059, P = 0.014), but not with KOOS Pain scale. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of CC was low in the Japanese population evaluated in this study. While CC was not correlated with self-reported knee symptoms, it was positively correlated with serum MMP-3 concentration. CI - (c) 2017 Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. FAU - Chiba, Daisuke AU - Chiba D AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. FAU - Tsuda, Eiichi AU - Tsuda E AD - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. FAU - Sasaki, Eiji AU - Sasaki E AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. FAU - Takahashi, Ippei AU - Takahashi I AD - Department of Social Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. FAU - Nakaji, Shigeyuki AU - Nakaji S AD - Department of Social Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. FAU - Ishibashi, Yasuyuki AU - Ishibashi Y AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. LA - eng GR - 18200044/Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan/ GR - 21500676/Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science/ GR - 5310139302/Karoji Memorial Fund for Medical Research/ GR - JOA-Subsidized Science Project Research from the Japanese Orthopaedic Association/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170324 PL - England TA - Int J Rheum Dis JT - International journal of rheumatic diseases JID - 101474930 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (MMP3 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Biomarkers/blood MH - Chondrocalcinosis/blood/diagnostic imaging/*enzymology/*epidemiology MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Japan/epidemiology MH - Knee Joint/diagnostic imaging/*enzymology MH - Male MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/*blood MH - Middle Aged MH - Osteoarthritis/blood/diagnostic imaging/*enzymology/*epidemiology MH - Pain Measurement MH - Prevalence MH - *Rural Health MH - Self Report OTO - NOTNLM OT - epidemiology OT - knee chondrocalcinosis OT - knee osteoarthritis OT - matrix metalloproteinase-3 OT - symptom EDAT- 2017/03/25 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/10 06:00 CRDT- 2017/03/25 06:00 PHST- 2017/03/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/03/25 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/1756-185X.13067 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Rheum Dis. 2018 Nov;21(11):2011-2018. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13067. Epub 2017 Mar 24.