Inflammatory burden index: associations between osteoarthritis and all-cause mortality among individuals with osteoarthritis

• Main Authors: Zhizheng Xiong (Author), Wenjie Xu (Author), Yanming Wang (Author), Shuai Cao (Author), Xiaochao Zeng (Author), Pei Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The newly described inflammatory burden index (IBI) reflects a patient's inflammatory burden. This study aimed to estimate the association between IBI, osteoarthritis (OA), and all-cause mortality in patients with OA. Methods We extracted the data of adults from the National...