Comorbidity in incident osteoarthritis cases and matched controls using electronic health record data
Background: Comorbidities are common in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). This study aimed to determine the association of a wide range of previously diagnosed comorbidities in adults with newly diagnosed OA compared with matched controls without OA. Methods: A case–control study was conducted. The data were derived from an electronic health record database that contains the medical records of pa