Journal Publications

• [21]Incidence, patterns and risk factors for readmission following knee arthroplasty in China: A national retrospective cohort study.Int J Surg
• [22]Increased Wnt/β-catenin signaling contributes to autophagy inhibition resulting from a dietary magnesium deficiency in injury-induced osteoarthritis.Arthritis Res Ther
• [23]Physical Distancing Measures and Walking Activity in Middle-aged and Older Residents in Changsha, China During the COVID-19 Epidemic Period: Longitudinal Observational Study.J Med Internet Res
• [24]Risk of venous thromboembolism in knee, hip and hand osteoarthritis: a general population-based cohort study.Ann Rheum Dis
• [25]Delayed Denosumab Injections and Fracture Risk Among Patients With Osteoporosis: A Population-Based Cohort Study.Ann Intern Med
• [26]Initial Analgesic Prescriptions for Osteoarthritis in the United Kingdom, 2000-2016.Rheumatology (Oxford)
• [27]Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitors Use and Risk of Hip Fracture: A General Population-Based Cohort Study.Bone
• [28]Statin use and risk of joint replacement due to osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: a propensity-score matched longitudinal cohort study.Rheumatology (Oxford)
• [29]Exploration of metformin as novel therapy for osteoarthritis: preventing cartilage degeneration and reducing pain behavior.Arthritis Res Ther
• [30]Association of Tramadol Use With Risk of Hip Fracture.J Bone Miner Res
• [31]Association of tramadol with risk of myocardial infarction among patients with osteoarthritis.Osteoarthritis Cartilage
• [32]Association between body composition and osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Int J Rheum Dis
• [33]In-hospital mortality after hip arthroplasty in China: analysis of a large national database.Bone Joint J
• [34]Zhang Y, Lei G, Choi HK, Misra D, Zeng C, Fenves AZ, Terkeltaub R, Neogi T, Wei J.Thiazide diuretics and risk of knee replacement surgery among patients with knee osteoarthritis: a general population-based cohort study.Osteoarthritis Cartilage
• [35]Lei G, Li J, Xiong Y, Cui Y, Ding X, Yang T, Li H, Xie D, Zeng C, Wei J, Wang Y.Association between chondrocalcinosis and osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Int J Rheum Dis
• [36]Zhang Y, Lei G, Choi HK, Wei J, Lu N, LaRochelle MR, Dubreuil M, Zeng C.Association of Tramadol With All-Cause Mortality Among Patients With Osteoarthritis.JAMA, 321 (10) : 969-982.
• [37]Zhang Y, Lei G, Lu N, Li H, McAlindon TE, Choi HK, Wei J, Hunter DJ, Lane NE, Zeng C.Intra-articular corticosteroids and the risk of knee osteoarthritis progression: results from the Osteoarthritis Initiative.Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 27 (6) : 855-862.
• [38]Lei G, Jiang S, Li J, Liu Z, Xu B, Xie D, Cui Y, Li H, Yang T, Zeng C, Wei J, Wang Y.Association between serum magnesium concentration and metabolic syndrome, diabetes, hypertension and hyperuricaemia in knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study in Hunan Province, China.BMJ Open, 8 (9) : e019159.
• [39]Huard J, Lei GH, Gao X, Li YS, Deng ZH.Bone morphogenetic proteins for articular cartilage regeneration.Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 26 (9) : 1153-1161.
• [40]Tuan RS, Lei G, Wang B, Shen H, Lin H, Yang Y.Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular matrix enhances chondrogenic phenotype of and cartilage formation by encapsulated chondrocytes in vitro and in vivo.Acta Biomater, 69: 71-72.