The association of milk consumption with the occurrence of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the association of nutritional factors with symptomatic knee OA.


METHODS
This cross-sectional study was performed face-to-face using a structured interview. Individuals who had a diagnosis of symptomatic knee OA and were aged 50 years or over were included in this study. The frequency of consumption of dairy products, meat/poultry, fish, cereals, vegetables, tea and coffee were also determined. The diagnosis of knee OA was made clinically or clinically and radiologically according to the ACR criteria for knee OA.


RESULTS
A total of 655 subjects was interviewed. The frequency of symptomatic knee OA was significantly lower in daily milk consumers (p < 0.05). Tea consumption was also inversely associated with symptomatic knee OA (p < 0.05), although other nutritional elements showed no significant relationship with OA.


CONCLUSIONS
Milk consumption may have beneficial effects on symptomatic knee OA.
Kaçar
C
C
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Rheumatology, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey. ckacar@akdeniz.edu.tr
Gilgil
E
E
Tuncer
T
T
Bütün
B
B
Urhan
S
S
Sünbüloglu
G
G
Yildirim
C
C
Arikan
V
V
Dündar
U
U
Oksüz
M C
MC
Tekeoglu
I
I
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004326:Drinking; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008892:Milk / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology