Skip to main content

ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health, 04 December 2023
Sec. Aging and Public Health

Physical activity modifies the association of the composite dietary antioxidant index with all-cause mortality in the US osteoarthritis population

Yiwei Zhang&#x;Yiwei ZhangZhengwei Duan&#x;Zhengwei DuanHengli Lu&#x;Hengli LuGuanghua LuGuanghua LuYuesong FuYuesong FuGuodong LiGuodong LiSen Wang
Sen Wang*
  • Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Background: It remains unclear how antioxidant intake affects all-cause mortality in osteoarthritis (OA) patients. In this prospective cohort study, we aim to explore the association of the Composite Dietary Antioxidant Index (CDAI) with all-cause mortality and investigate the interaction of physical activity (PA) and CDAI on all-cause mortality in OA populations.

Methods: A total of 3,197 adults with OA in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2001 to 2018 were included in this study. Death outcomes were obtained from National Death Index (NDI) records. Multivariable Cox regression analyses with cubic spines were applied to estimate the association of CDAI with all-cause mortality. The interaction between CDAI and PA on all-cause mortality was further assessed in stratified analysis and interaction tests.

Results: The hazard ratios for all-cause mortality were 0.95 (0.77–1.17) for Q2, 0.75 (0.59–0.97) for Q3, and 0.71 (0.55–0.92) for Q4 (P for trend <0.001), compared with the lowest quartile of CDAI. A negative linear association was found between CDAI and all-cause mortality. In the stratified analyses, CDAI was negatively associated with all-cause mortality in the insufficient PA group. While in the low and sufficient PA group, there were nonlinear relationships of CDAI with all-cause mortality.

Conclusion: A negative linear relationship was observed between CDAI and all-cause mortality in OA patients, and this association was significantly modified by PA. Higher intake of dietary antioxidants might be the interventional objective to reduce the risk of all-cause mortality in the US OA population.

Introduction

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease and characterized by persistent pain, chronic inflammation, and functional limitations (1). It is prevalent in middle-aged and aged people. Statistically, 9.6% of men and 18.0% of women over 60 have symptomatic OA (2). At least 130 million individuals may suffer from OA by the year 2050 (2), resulting in a societal burden. The immobility caused by the OA has greatly changed the lifestyle of patients and caused many comorbidities, such as cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, which lead to an increased risk of mortality in OA patients (3).

Various factors activate chondrocytes, induce cartilage destruction and further cause cartilage degeneration may be the primary pathogenesis of OA (4). Among these factors, oxidative stress, caused by aberrant reactive oxygen species generation that disrupts chondrocyte redox homeostasis, has been demonstrated to be a crucial factor in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (5, 6). Previous studies have reported that dietary antioxidant has a significant influence on the development and progression of OA, making it a great candidate for synergistic treatment (79). However, it remains unclear how dietary antioxidants affect the prognosis of OA individuals.

The composite dietary antioxidant index (CDAI) measures an individual’s antioxidant profile by considering dietary antioxidants such as vitamins A, C, E, selenium, zinc, and carotenoids (10). It has been found that stroke patients with higher CDAI have a lower risk of all-cause mortality (11). However, similar efforts among the OA population have not yet been conducted. Furthermore, physical activity (PA), which was considered the first-line non-pharmacological treatment for OA, can significantly reduce pain and activity limitations in OA patients (12). Accumulated evidence has proved the efficacy of PA in decreasing the risk of mortality (13, 14). Since both CDAI and PA can individually affect the prognosis of individuals, it is uncertain if CDAI and PA have an interaction on mortality in patients with OA. In this study, based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), we investigated and assessed the relationship between CDAI, PA and mortality among OA patients.

Methods

Data source and population

Data were gathered from the NHANES, a nationally representative, periodical cross-sectional sample survey for the health and nutrition of the non-institutionalized civilian population in the United States. Detailed survey methods and processes were approved by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and are available on the NHANES website.1 Consents were obtained in writing from all participants. Over nine survey cycles from 2001 to 2018, NHANES enrolled 91,351 participants over 20 years old, 4,911 of them had been diagnosed with OA. After excluding samples with missing dietary data (n = 513), mortality status (n = 9), covariate data less than 10% missing, and the 5th and 95th percentile of CDAI, to avoid the effect of outliers due to recall bias, 3,197 patients with OA were included in our final study.

Exposure information

24-h dietary recall interview of NHANES, conducted by professional diet interviewers at the Mobile Examination Center (MEC), aims to collect e details of participants’ dietary consumption in the 24 h prior to the interview. To evaluate the influence of daily dietary antioxidant intake on mortality in US populations with OA, we calculated the CDAI proposed by Wright et al. The detailed calculation method has been described in previous studies (10). To put it briefly, standardization of dietary intakes on the six antioxidants was performed by minus the average value and dividing by the standard deviation. Following that, the standardized dietary antioxidant intakes were added up to determine the CDAI. We used the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire to investigate the PA status of participants (15). Following the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations, the weekly average in minutes of moderate to high-intensity PA, frequency, and metabolic equivalent (MET) value recommended by NHANES were multiplied to obtain the metabolic equivalent of weekly PA (MET-min/wk) (16). All OA patients included were separated into the low PA group (PA = 0), insufficient PA group (< 600 MET-min/wk), and sufficient PA group (≥ 600 MET-min/wk).

Ascertainment of mortality outcome

The death status of OA patients in this study cohort was derived from death certificate records in the National Death Index which was linked with NHANES by probabilistic match. All-cause mortality was determined as death for any cause, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality was defined according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (17).

Assessment of covariates

Covariates were selected based on previous studies and recommendations of clinical experts (18). Demographic information was collected by trained interviewers through standardized questionnaires, including age, gender, education level, ethnicity, marital status, poverty income ratio, which was calculated according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines, history of the disease (hypertension, diabetes), alcohol use, and prescription medicine taken. In particular, participants who consume ≥12 drinks per year alcohol drinking are defined as drinkers and < 12 drinks are defined as non-drinkers (19). Participants were classified as having a history of diabetes or hypertension if they had received a diagnosis of the condition from a doctor or were taking medication prescribed to treat it. Body mass index (BMI, < 25 kg/m2, ≥ 25 kg/m2) was measured in the MEC. Serum cotinine was measured in the laboratory and divided into exposed and non-exposed groups due to a cut-off value of 0.105 ng/mL for the assessment of smoking status (20).

Statistical analyses

Under the recommendations of NHANES, all analyses incorporate MEC sample weights to make the results more representative of the entire US. Frequencies and weighted proportions were used to characterize the US patients with osteoarthritis based on CDAI concentrations, and statistical differences were tested using the Rao-Scott chi-square test. Kaplan–Meier analysis showed the difference in survival among different CDAI groups of OA patients and the significance was checked by the Logrank test. Three multivariable Cox regression models were applied to assess the relationship between CDAI and all-cause mortality and CVD mortality: Crude model was not adjusted; Model 1 was adjusted for age, gender, and ethnicity; Model 2 was adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, education level, marital status, poverty income ratio, BMI, serum cotinine, alcohol drinking status, and history of diabetes or hypertension. In addition, in multivariate COX regressions, we performed trend tests for the quartile group of CDAI. The restricted cubic spline (RCS) regression model was conducted to investigate the linear and non-linear association of CADI with all-cause mortality and CVD mortality. We further performed an interaction test of PA and CDAI on all-cause mortality and tested the significance of multiplicative interaction terms using a likelihood ratio test. Similarly, the linear and non-linear association between CDAI and all-cause mortality at different PA levels was examined using the RCS regression.

Importantly, four sensitivity analyses were used in our current study to test the reliability of our findings. Firstly, we employed three multivariate Cox proportional risk regression models that adjusted for different confounders. Second, given the complex sampling design of NHANES, we introduced MEC weights in all analyses. Third, we conducted a stratified analysis among all covariates and performed interaction tests. Finally, after excluding individuals who died within the first two years or had cancer, we again performed three multivariate Cox proportional risk regression analyses.

All analyses were conducted with R software (version 4.2.1), and the p value less than 0.05 for all statistical tests in this study was considered statistically significant.

Results

Characteristics of the participants

In total 3,197 participants with OA were enrolled in the current study (Figure 1). The baseline characteristics based on CDAI concentrations are exhibited in Table 1. Significant differences in education level, marital status, poverty income ratio, serum cotinine, and alcohol drinking were found between the CDAI quartiles. For education level, the first quartile CDAI participants showed a preference for “less than high school,” whereas the fourth quartile showed a preference for “college or above” (p < 0.0001). The proportion of widowed/divorced/separated participants was higher in the first quartile (34.10%, p = 0.02). In the fourth quartile, there were more participants with higher family income-poverty ratios (53.41%, p < 0.0001).

FIGURE 1
www.frontiersin.org

Figure 1. Flow chart of study.

TABLE 1
www.frontiersin.org

Table 1. Characteristics of US osteoarthritis patients based on CDAI concentrations.

Associations of the CDAI with all-cause and CVD mortality

During 25,564 person-years of follow-up, there were 781 all-cause deaths among 3,197 patients with OA, including 229 CVD-related deaths. As shown in Figure 2, Kaplan–Meier analysis suggested the fourth quartile (Q4) of CDAI was linked to lower all-cause mortality (p < 0.001) and CVD (p = 0.01) mortality in the early stage compared with those in the lower quartiles.

FIGURE 2
www.frontiersin.org

Figure 2. Kaplan–Meier analysis of different CDAI populations with osteoarthritis in the US. (A) All-cause mortality and non-mortality populations (B) CVD mortality and non-mortality populations. CDAI: composite dietary antioxidant index; CVD, cardiovascular disease.

Table 2 displays the Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for all-cause and CVD mortality across CDAI quartiles. Those individuals in Q4 of CDAI had a decreased risk of all-cause mortality than those in the lower quartiles in all models. Taking the first quartile (Q1) of CDAI as reference, the weighted multivariate HRs for all-cause mortality after multivariable adjustment were 0.95 (0.77–1.17) for Q2, 0.75 (0.59–0.97) for Q3, and 0.71 (0.55–0.92) for Q4 (P for trend <0.001). The restricted cubic splines result in Figure 3A indicates the negative linear relationship of CDAI with all-cause mortality (P0verall = 0.0012).

TABLE 2
www.frontiersin.org

Table 2. Hazard ratios for all-cause and CVD mortality in US osteoarthritis patients according to CDAI.

FIGURE 3
www.frontiersin.org

Figure 3. The Association of CDAI with (A) all-cause mortality and (B) CVD mortality in US patients with osteoarthritis. The solid red line is the HR value and the shadowed area is the corresponding 95% CI. The restricted cubic spline regression model was adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, education level, marital status, poverty income ratio, BMI, serum cotinine, alcohol drinking status, and history of diabetes or hypertension. BMI, body mass index; CDAI: composite dietary antioxidant index; CVD, cardiovascular disease; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.

As for the association between CDAI and CVD mortality in OA patients, higher CDAI was associated with decreased risk of CVD mortality in crude model and model adjusted for age, gender and ethnicity. After adjustments for all potential confounders, there was no significant association between CDAI and CVD mortality. And subsequent restricted cubic spline (Figure 3B) reveals no non-linear association of CDAI intake with CVD mortality (Poverall = 0.29, Pnon-linear = 0.90).

Stratified and sensitivity analyses

Stratified analyses revealed that dietary CDAI had a consistent negative relationship with all-cause mortality across a variety of subgroups stratified by concomitant variables (Supplementary Table S1). Furthermore, the interaction test results revealed no detectable interaction between CDAI and stratified variables on all-cause mortality in OA populations (all P for interaction>0.05). Besides, the findings were broadly robust in sensitivity analyses when excluding those who died of cancer or died in the first two years of the follow-up (Supplementary Table S2).

Interaction of PA on CDAI and all-cause mortality

As shown in Table 3 and Supplementary Table S3, interestingly, the stratified analysis across different PA level groups suggested an interaction of PA with CDAI on all-cause mortality in OA patients (P for interaction = 0.01). After multivariable adjustment, higher CDAI was significantly associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality in the insufficient PA group. In the low PA group, patients in Q1 and Q4 of CDAI had lower risk all-cause mortality compared with those in Q3 of CDAI (P for trend =0.23), while in the sufficient group, higher and lower CDAI were both associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality (P for trend =0.31). As the restricted cubic splines shown in Figures 4AC, in the insufficient PA group, the CDAI had a negative linear relationship with all-cause mortality (Poverall = 0.01), and there were non-linear associations of CDAI with all-cause mortality in low (Pnon-linear = 0.024) and sufficient PA group (Pnon-linear = 0.035). HR values of all-cause mortality in the low PA group reached the highest point when CDAI = -0.90, while HR values of all-cause mortality in the sufficient PA group reached the lowest point when CDAI = 0.54. To further explore the relationship between CDAI and all-cause mortality in patients in each PA group, patients were categorized into high and low CDAI groups based on the median of CDAI. As shown in Figure 4D, taking the low PA + low CDAI group as a reference, the sufficient and insufficient PA group had lower risk of all-cause mortality, and the insufficient PA + high CDAI group had the lowest risk of all-cause mortality (HR:0.38, 95%CI: 0.28–0.53).

TABLE 3
www.frontiersin.org

Table 3. The association of CDAI with all-cause mortality in US patients with osteoarthritis regarding different PA levels.

FIGURE 4
www.frontiersin.org

Figure 4. Joint affection between CDAI and PA for all-cause mortality in US patients with osteoarthritis. The association of CDAI with All-cause mortality in the US osteoarthritis population in (A) Low, (B) insufficient, and (C) sufficient PA groups. The solid red line is the HR value and the shadowed area is the corresponding 95% CI. (D) The joint effect of CDAI and PA on all-cause mortality in osteoarthritis patients. All model was adjusted for age, Gender, Ethnicity, Education level, marital status, poverty income ratio, BMI, serum cotinine, alcohol drinking status, and history of diabetes or hypertension. BMI, body mass index; CDAI: composite dietary antioxidant index; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; PA, physical activity.

Discussion

In this prospective cohort study based on a sizable, nationally representative sample of US OA populations, we found a negative linear association of CDAI with all-cause mortality. Besides, the further stratified analyses suggested that PA could significantly change the association between CDAI and all-cause mortality. The CDAI was negatively dose–response associated with all-cause mortality only in the insufficient PA group. The result revealed that moderate PA combined with higher CDAI could lead to decreased risk of all-cause mortality in OA patients.

The association between CDAI and mortality has been studied in several populations. According to Wang et al. in the general population, the CDAI was inversely correlated with all-cause and CVD mortality (21), which was supported by previous reports that dietary antioxidant index was associated with lower all-cause mortality in the US (22, 23), Japan (24), and Chinese populations (23). Among diabetes patients in NHANES (2003–2014), CDAI was linked to a decreased all-cause and CVD mortality (25). Similar findings were also observed in patients with stroke (11) or CKD 1–2 stages (26). Nevertheless, other studies have reported controversial findings. For example, in a prospective study among older individuals with cardiovascular risk factors, the dietary antioxidants failed to affect the mortality (27). The conflicting result could be partially explained by the small sample size, significant individual differences and brief follow-up period. From the above studies, we can speculate that the associations between CDAI and mortality in different populations are mixed. However, the evidence about CDAI and long-term health prognosis among OA patients is still limited. In the current study, OA patients with a higher CDAI were associated with a decreased risk of all-cause mortality. This finding means that OA patients should maintain higher intake of dietary antioxidants for better long-term health outcomes. Furthermore, no significant relationship between CDAI and CVD mortality was found in the OA population in the current study, larger prospective investigations are required to identify this finding.

The probable mechanisms that how CDAI affects OA patients’ mortality may be explained by oxidative stress, which is implicated in cartilage degradation and joint inflammation (6). Oxidative stress leads to telomere genomic instability, replicative senescence and dysfunction of chondrocytes, further induces cartilage homeostasis loss, which contributes to the progression of OA (5). Enhancing the body’s antioxidant capacity and reducing cartilage damage caused by oxidative stress may be a new strategy for the treatment and prevention of the occurrence and development of OA Previous studies have suggested that antioxidant nutrients such as zinc, selenium, vitamins A, C, E and carotenoids may influence the development mechanism of OA (28). Consumption of vitamin C and E may help reduce the risk of incident of knee OA (29, 30). Besides, higher consumption of vitamin C and E was associated with decreased risk of knee pain (8, 31).

Additionally, dietary santioxidants may also improve the prognosis of OA by reducing the risk of mortality of comorbidities. Chronic pain and immobility caused by OA lead to a decline in exercise ability, which results in many metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (32). Evidence has shown that OA patients were more likely to suffer from CVD (33). A prospective study confirmed that patients with symptomatic knee OA had higher risk of CVD-specific and all-cause mortality than the healthy group (34). Besides, an increased risk for diabetes was found in people with symptomatic hip and/or knee OA (35). Many studies identified the effect of dietary antioxidants in decreasing the risk of mortality of those comorbidities. In a prospective cohort study, higher CDAI significantly reduced the risk of CVD mortality in the general population (23). Similarly, higher intake of antioxidants improved glycemic control indicators (36) and was associated with a lower risk of mortality in patients with diabetes (25). Aging, systemic chronic inflammation and immune system dysregulation are important features of OA, which are closely related to some chronic aging diseases such as CVD, obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome (37). Aging increases the level of ROS, inducing oxidative stress, which leads to the activation of the systemic pro-inflammatory pathway, contributing to the pathogenesis of inflammation-related diseases (37). Dietary antioxidants reduce oxidative stress, lessen systemic inflammation, and further lead to decreased risk of mortality caused by comorbidities.

In addition to diet, exercise play an crucial role in improving the prognosis of OA. As a common musculoskeletal disorder, OA causes joint pain and stiffness, resulting in decrease in physical activity and engagement (38). Much evidence suggested that moderate-intensity PA might significantly reduce mortality (3942). A similar finding has been found in the current study of OA patients. In subgroup analysis, the result revealed that PA levels can affect all-cause mortality, the sufficient and insufficient PA group had lower all-cause mortality, than those in the low PA group. Previous randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses demonstrated PA’s effect in relieving the symptoms such as joint pain, stiffness, and activity limitations which bother the patients (43), while PA could also decrease the associated risk factors related to increased risk of death (e.g., overweight metabolic syndrome, and chronic inflammation) (12, 44). So PA was recommended as the first-line treatment for OA by many national and international guidelines. (45, 46). In our view, moderate-intensity PA might be adequate to reduce the risk of all-cause mortality in OA populations, low PA would increase the risk. However, the most effective intensity of PA in OA patients has yet to be determined.

Combined with interactive analysis, significant interaction was found between CDAI and PA on all-cause mortality. In the insufficient PA group, CDAI was negatively associated with all-cause mortality, while CDAI was non-linear associated with all-cause mortality in the sufficient and low PA group. This phenomenon can be explained by the effects of PA on oxidative stress. Previous studies reported that in skeletal muscle, PA improved antioxidant capacity, reduced pro-inflammatory and age-related oxidative stress signals, in addition, PA can also induce anabolic and activating mitochondrial biogenesis, further protecting normal cells from dysfunction (47). A dose–response relationship was described in the effects in which low levels of PA exhibit a stimulatory effect and high levels of PA exhibit an inhibitory effect (48). This means that moderate physical exercise has a synergistic effect with CDAI on oxidative stress, while high-intensity physical exercise increases oxidative stress (49), leading to a poor prognosis. Therefore, sufficient CDAI intake combined with moderate PA can significantly reduce all-cause mortality in OA patients, but for individuals, personalized diet and PA recommendations are needed to achieve greater benefits.

There are some strengths in this study. Firstly, this study focused on a nationally representative sample of the OA population in the United States, which makes it convincing to generalize the conclusions. Secondly, the National Death Index death certificate data used in long-term follow-ups to identify the death status of OA patients in this study cohort offered adequate support for the analyses in the current investigation. Furthermore, by calculating the CDAI, we assessed the overall antioxidant capacity of individuals rather than the single antioxidant diet, reducing the influence of the interaction of antioxidants on the conclusions. Additionally, we performed sensitivity and subgroup analysis to investigate the associations with consideration of numerous potential confounding variables, and the interaction of PA and CDAI on all-cause mortality in OA patients was further explained.

Nevertheless, our study also has several limitations. Firstly, the CDAI is calculated based on a 24-h dietary recall interview, which can make the estimates imprecise due to recall bias and variation in daily dietary intake. Secondly, the CDAI was calculated based on baseline antioxidant intake, typically separated from death by several years. Thus, the calculated CDAI reflects long-standing use of antioxidants, which could have changed over the long years of follow-up. Thirdly, this study fails to obtain information about the severity of OA, our findings cannot provide individualized reference for OA patients of different severities. Finally, due to the limitations of the observational study design, it is difficult to make causal inferences from the findings.

Conclusion

Based on a nationwide representative sample of US OA populations, our findings indicate that CDAI was negatively associated with all-cause mortality, and this association was significantly changed by PA level. Higher CDAI was associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality, and this association was only observed in patients with insufficient PA. These findings suggest the potential beneficial role of higher intake of dietary antioxidants and moderate physical exercise in patients with OA. To confirm these findings, prospective, large-scale researches are required in the future.

Data availability statement

The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article/Supplementary material, further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.

Ethics statement

The protocols of NHANES were approved by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Ethics Review Board. All participants signed a written statement of consent.

Author contributions

YZ: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft. ZD: Methodology. HL: Writing – review & editing. GL: Formal analysis. YF: Writing – review & editing. GL: Funding acquisition. SW: Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – original draft.

Funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The work was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 82072966), Guidance Program of Scientific and Technological Innovation of Bengbu City (Grant No. 20210301), Shanghai Municipal Health Commission Discipline Leader Training Program (Grant No. 2022XD008), Clinical Research Plan of Shanghai Hospital Development Center (SHDC) (Grant No. SHDC2022CRD031), Clinical Research Plan of Shanghai Hospital Development Center (SHDC) (Grant No. SHDC2020CR1025B), Research Program of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital (Grant No. YNCR2A003) and Health Commission of Anhui Province Health Research Program of Anhui (Grant No. AHWJ2022b112).

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Publisher’s note

All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article, or claim that may be made by its manufacturer, is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.

Supplementary material

The Supplementary material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1297245/full#supplementary-material

Abbreviations

OA, Osteoarthritis; CDAI, Composite Dietary Antioxidant Index; PA, Physical activity; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; NDI, National Death Index; HRs, Hazard ratios.

Footnotes

References

1. Wallace, IJ, Worthington, S, Felson, DT, Jurmain, RD, Wren, KT, Maijanen, H, et al. Knee osteoarthritis has doubled in prevalence since the mid-20th century. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. (2017) 114:9332–6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1703856114

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

2. Maiese, K. Picking a bone with WISP1 (CCN4): new strategies against degenerative joint disease. J Transl Sci. (2016) 1:83–5. doi: 10.15761/JTS.1000120

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

3. Constantino De Campos, G, Mundi, R, Whittington, C, Toutounji, MJ, Ngai, W, et al. Osteoarthritis, mobility-related comorbidities and mortality: an overview of meta-analyses. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. (2020) 12:981219. doi: 10.1177/1759720x20981219

CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

4. Wirth, W, Hunter, DJ, Nevitt, MC, Sharma, L, Kwoh, CK, Ladel, C, et al. Predictive and concurrent validity of cartilage thickness change as a marker of knee osteoarthritis progression: data from the osteoarthritis initiative. Osteoarthr Cartil. (2017) 25:2063–71. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2017.08.005

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

5. Bolduc, JA, Collins, JA, and Loeser, RF. Reactive oxygen species, aging and articular cartilage homeostasis. Free Radic Biol Med. (2019) 132:73–82. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.08.038

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

6. Liu, L, Luo, P, Yang, M, Wang, J, Hou, W, and Xu, P. The role of oxidative stress in the development of knee osteoarthritis: a comprehensive research review. Front Mol Biosci. (2022) 9:1001212. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.1001212

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

7. Kang, D, Lee, J, Wu, C, Guo, X, Lee, BJ, Chun, JS, et al. The role of selenium metabolism and selenoproteins in cartilage homeostasis and arthropathies. Exp Mol Med. (2020) 52:1198–08. doi: 10.1038/s12276-020-0408-y

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

8. McAlindon, TE, Jacques, P, Zhang, Y, Hannan, MT, Aliabadi, P, Weissman, B, et al. Do antioxidant micronutrients protect against the development and progression of knee osteoarthritis? Arthritis Rheum. (1996) 39:648–56. doi: 10.1002/art.1780390417

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

9. Wang, Y, Hodge, AM, Wluka, AE, English, DR, Giles, GG, O'Sullivan, R, et al. Effect of antioxidants on knee cartilage and bone in healthy, middle-aged subjects: a cross-sectional study. Arthritis Res Ther. (2007) 9:R66. doi: 10.1186/ar2225

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

10. Wright, ME, Mayne, ST, Stolzenberg-Solomon, RZ, Li, Z, Pietinen, P, Taylor, PR, et al. Development of a comprehensive dietary antioxidant index and application to lung cancer risk in a cohort of male smokers. Am J Epidemiol. (2004) 160:68–76. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwh173

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

11. Xu, Q, Qian, X, Sun, F, Liu, H, Dou, Z, and Zhang, J. Independent and joint associations of dietary antioxidant intake with risk of post-stroke depression and all-cause mortality. J Affect Disord. (2023) 322:84–90. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.11.013

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

12. Daste, C, Kirren, Q, Akoum, J, Lefèvre-Colau, MM, Rannou, F, and Nguyen, C. Physical activity for osteoarthritis: efficiency and review of recommandations. Joint Bone Spine. (2021) 88:105207. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2021.105207

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

13. Mok, A, Khaw, KT, Luben, R, Wareham, N, and Brage, S. Physical activity trajectories and mortality: population based cohort study. BMJ. (2019) 365:l2323. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l2323

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

14. Lee, DH, Rezende, LFM, Joh, HK, Keum, N, Ferrari, G, Rey-Lopez, JP, et al. Long-term leisure-time physical activity intensity and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort of US adults. Circulation. (2022) 146:523–34. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.121.058162

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

15. Liang, J, Huang, S, Jiang, N, Kakaer, A, Chen, Y, Liu, M, et al. Association between joint physical activity and dietary quality and lower risk of depression symptoms in US adults: cross-sectional NHANES study. JMIR Public Health Surveill. (2023) 9:e45776. doi: 10.2196/45776

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

16. Tian, X, Xue, B, Wang, B, Lei, R, Shan, X, Niu, J, et al. Physical activity reduces the role of blood cadmium on depression: a cross-sectional analysis with NHANES data. Environ Pollut. (2022) 304:119211. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119211

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

17. Liu, Y, Geng, T, Wan, Z, Lu, Q, Zhang, X, Qiu, Z, et al. Associations of serum folate and vitamin B12 levels with cardiovascular disease mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes. JAMA Netw Open. (2022) 5:e2146124. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.46124

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

18. Xiao, Q, Cai, B, Yin, A, Huo, H, Lan, K, Zhou, G, et al. L-shaped association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in individuals with osteoarthritis: results from the NHANES database prospective cohort study. BMC Med. (2022) 20:308. doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02510-1

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

19. Fang, L, Zhao, H, Chen, Y, Ma, Y, Xu, S, Xu, S, et al. The combined effect of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on arthritis, especially osteoarthritis, in the U.S. adult population. Chemosphere. (2023) 316:137870. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.137870

CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

20. Luo, K, Liu, J, Wang, Y, Aimuzi, R, Luo, F, Ao, J, et al. Associations between organophosphate esters and sex hormones among 6-19-year old children and adolescents in NHANES 2013-2014. Environ Int. (2020) 136:105461. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105461

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

21. Wang, L, and Yi, Z. Association of the Composite dietary antioxidant index with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a prospective cohort study. Front Cardiovasc Med. (2022) 9:993930. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.993930

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

22. Ha, K, Liao, LM, Sinha, R, and Chun, OK. Dietary Total antioxidant capacity, a diet quality index predicting mortality risk in US adults: evidence from the NIH-AARP diet and health study. Antioxidants (Basel). (2023) 12:1086. doi: 10.3390/antiox12051086

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

23. Ha, K, Kim, K, Sakaki, JR, and Chun, OK. Relative validity of dietary Total antioxidant capacity for predicting all-cause mortality in comparison to diet quality indexes in US adults. Nutrients. (2020) 12:1210. doi: 10.3390/nu12051210

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

24. Ma, E, Iso, H, Yamagishi, K, Ando, M, Wakai, K, and Tamakoshi, A. Dietary antioxidant micronutrients and all-cause mortality: the Japan collaborative cohort study for evaluation of Cancer risk. J Epidemiol. (2018) 28:388–96. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20170023

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

25. Wang, W, Wang, X, Cao, S, Duan, Y, Xu, C, Gan, D, et al. Dietary antioxidant indices in relation to all-cause and cause-specific mortality among adults with diabetes: a prospective cohort study. Front Nutr. (2022) 9:849727. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.849727

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

26. Li, Y, Ling, GC, Ni, RB, Ni, SH, Sun, SN, Liu, X, et al. Association of dietary total antioxidant capacity with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease: based on two retrospective cohort studies of NHANES. Ren Fail. (2023) 45:2205950. doi: 10.1080/0886022x.2023.2205950

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

27. Henríquez-Sánchez, P, Sánchez-Villegas, A, Ruano-Rodríguez, C, Gea, A, Lamuela-Raventós, RM, Estruch, R, et al. Correction to: dietary total antioxidant capacity and mortality in the PREDIMED study. Eur J Nutr. (2022) 61:569–71. doi: 10.1007/s00394-021-02726-6

CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

28. Messina, OD, Vidal Wilman, M, and Vidal Neira, LF. Nutrition, osteoarthritis and cartilage metabolism. Aging Clin Exp Res. (2019) 31:807–13. doi: 10.1007/s40520-019-01191-w

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

29. Peregoy, J, and Wilder, FV. The effects of vitamin C supplementation on incident and progressive knee osteoarthritis: a longitudinal study. Public Health Nutr. (2011) 14:709–15. doi: 10.1017/s1368980010001783

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

30. Seki, T, Hasegawa, Y, Yamaguchi, J, Kanoh, T, Ishiguro, N, Tsuboi, M, et al. Association of serum carotenoids, retinol, and tocopherols with radiographic knee osteoarthritis: possible risk factors in rural Japanese inhabitants. J Orthop Sci. (2010) 15:477–84. doi: 10.1007/s00776-010-1491-z

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

31. Machtey, I, and Ouaknine, L. Tocopherol in osteoarthritis: a controlled pilot study. J Am Geriatr Soc. (1978) 26:328–30. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1978.tb01345.x

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

32. Nüesch, E, Dieppe, P, Reichenbach, S, Williams, S, Iff, S, and Jüni, P. All cause and disease specific mortality in patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis: population based cohort study. BMJ. (2011) 342:d1165. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d1165

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

33. Chung, WS, Lin, HH, Ho, FM, Lai, CL, and Chao, CL. Risks of acute coronary syndrome in patients with osteoarthritis: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Clin Rheumatol. (2016) 35:2807–13. doi: 10.1007/s10067-016-3391-x

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

34. Gao, SG, Zeng, C, Xiong, YL, Wei, J, and Lei, GH. Is painful knee an independent predictor of mortality in middle-aged women? Ann Rheum Dis. (2016) 75:e22. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-209026

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

35. Jeon, CY, Lokken, RP, Hu, FB, and van Dam, RM. Physical activity of moderate intensity and risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review. Diabetes Care. (2007) 30:744–52. doi: 10.2337/dc06-1842

CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

36. Ashor, AW, Werner, AD, Lara, J, Willis, ND, Mathers, JC, and Siervo, M. Effects of vitamin C supplementation on glycaemic control: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Eur J Clin Nutr. (2017) 71:1371–80. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2017.24

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

37. Motta, F, Barone, E, Sica, A, and Selmi, C. Inflammaging and osteoarthritis. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. (2023) 64:222–38. doi: 10.1007/s12016-022-08941-1

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

38. Palazzo, C, Nguyen, C, Lefevre-Colau, MM, Rannou, F, and Poiraudeau, S. Risk factors and burden of osteoarthritis. Ann Phys Rehabil Med. (2016) 59:134–8. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2016.01.006

CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

39. Wen, CP, Wai, JP, Tsai, MK, Yang, YC, Cheng, TY, Lee, MC, et al. Minimum amount of physical activity for reduced mortality and extended life expectancy: a prospective cohort study. Lancet. (2011) 378:1244–53. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60749-6

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

40. Geidl, W, Schlesinger, S, Mino, E, Miranda, L, and Pfeifer, K. Dose-response relationship between physical activity and mortality in adults with noncommunicable diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. (2020) 17:109. doi: 10.1186/s12966-020-01007-5

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

41. Äijö, M, Kauppinen, M, Kujala, UM, and Parkatti, T. Physical activity, fitness, and all-cause mortality: an 18-year follow-up among old people. J Sport Health Sci. (2016) 5:437–42. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2015.09.008

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

42. Piercy, KL, Troiano, RP, Ballard, RM, Carlson, SA, Fulton, JE, Galuska, DA, et al. The physical activity guidelines for Americans. JAMA. (2018) 320:2020–8. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.14854

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

43. Gay, C, Chabaud, A, Guilley, E, and Coudeyre, E. Educating patients about the benefits of physical activity and exercise for their hip and knee osteoarthritis. Systematic literature review. Ann Phys Rehabil Med. (2016) 59:174–83. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2016.02.005

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

44. White, DK, Jakiela, J, Bye, T, Aily, J, and Voinier, D. Stepping forward: a scoping review of physical activity in osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol. (2023) 50:611–6. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.220728

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

45. Bruyère, O, Honvo, G, Veronese, N, Arden, NK, Branco, J, Curtis, EM, et al. An updated algorithm recommendation for the management of knee osteoarthritis from the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal diseases (ESCEO). Semin Arthritis Rheum. (2019) 49:337–50. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2019.04.008

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

46. Kolasinski, SL, Neogi, T, Hochberg, MC, Oatis, C, Guyatt, G, Block, J, et al. 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). (2020) 72:149–62. doi: 10.1002/acr.24131

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

47. El Assar, M, Álvarez-Bustos, A, Sosa, P, Angulo, J, and Rodríguez-Mañas, L. Effect of physical activity/exercise on oxidative stress and inflammation in muscle and vascular aging. Int J Mol Sci. (2022) 23:8713. doi: 10.3390/ijms23158713

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

48. Radak, Z, Chung, HY, Koltai, E, Taylor, AW, and Goto, S. Exercise, oxidative stress and hormesis. Ageing Res Rev. (2008) 7:34–42. doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2007.04.004

CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

49. Bouzid, MA, Hammouda, O, Matran, R, Robin, S, and Fabre, C. Influence of physical fitness on antioxidant activity and malondialdehyde level in healthy older adults. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. (2015) 40:582–9. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2014-0417

PubMed Abstract | CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar

Keywords: composite dietary antioxidant index, osteoarthritis, physical activity, mortality, interaction

Citation: Zhang Y, Duan Z, Lu H, Lu G, Fu Y, Li G and Wang S (2023) Physical activity modifies the association of the composite dietary antioxidant index with all-cause mortality in the US osteoarthritis population. Front. Public Health. 11:1297245. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1297245

Received: 21 September 2023; Accepted: 06 November 2023;
Published: 04 December 2023.

Edited by:

Moncef Feki, Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia

Reviewed by:

Mohamed Hsairi, Ministry of Public Health, Tunisia
Eduardo Gutiérrez-Abejón, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

Copyright © 2023 Zhang, Duan, Lu, Lu, Fu, Li and Wang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

*Correspondence: Sen Wang, wangsen2133196@163.com

These authors have contributed equally to this work

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.