Task: Answer Verification
Input (English): Question: Is painful knee but not hand osteoarthritis an independent predictor of mortality over 23 years follow-up of a population-based cohort of middle-aged women?
Answer: We found a significantly increased risk of all-cause and CVD-specific mortality in women experiencing knee pain with or without ROA but not ROA alone. No relationship was found between hand OA and mortality risk. This suggests that knee pain, more than structural changes of OA is the main driver of excess mortality in patients with OA.
Output (English): yes