Factors associated with knee pain in 5148 women aged 50 years and older: A population-based study

This study was performed to investigate the factors associated with the level of knee pain in a nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalized women aged 50 years or older. Women aged 50 years or older were selected and included in the data analyses from the Korean National Health and Nutr...

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Published in:PloS one 2018-03, Vol.13 (3), p.e0192478-e0192478
Main Authors: Lee, Kyoung Min, Kang, Seung-Baik, Chung, Chin Youb, Park, Moon Seok, Kang, Dong-Wan, Chang, Chong Bum
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Alcohol use
Arthritis
Back pain
Biocompatibility
Biology and Life Sciences
Biomedical materials
Body mass
Body mass index
Body size
Data processing
Elderly women
Health aspects
Hip
Knee
Knee pain
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental depression
Nutrition
Osteoarthritis
Pain
Physical Sciences
Population studies
Population-based studies
Regression analysis
Research and Analysis Methods
Risk factors
Systematic review
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Summary:This study was performed to investigate the factors associated with the level of knee pain in a nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalized women aged 50 years or older. Women aged 50 years or older were selected and included in the data analyses from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (2010-2013). Those having malignant diseases or using osteoarthritis medication were excluded. Significant factors associated with the level of knee pain were analyzed using multivariate regression analysis. A total of 5148 women (average age, 62.9 years; standard deviation, 9.3 years) were included. For women without knee osteoarthritis, level of hip pain (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0192478