Prevalence and risk factors of knee osteoarthritis in Huang-Pu District, Shanghai, China

A community-based survey on the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and associated factors was carried out in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Of 2,305 registered residents >or=40 years of age, 2,093 were examined by interview and questionnaire. One hundred ninety knee pain-positive...

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Published in:Rheumatology international 2005-10, Vol.25 (8), p.585-590
Main Authors: HUI DU, CHEN, Shun-Le, NISHIOKA, Kusuki, BAO, Chun-De, WANG, Xiao-Dong, YU LU, GU, Yue-Ying, XU, Jian-Rong, CHAI, Wei-Min, JIE CHEN, NAKAMURA, Hiroshi
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Language:English
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Biological and medical sciences
China - epidemiology
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Female
Gender
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis, Knee - epidemiology
Prevalence
Risk Factors
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Summary:A community-based survey on the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and associated factors was carried out in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Of 2,305 registered residents >or=40 years of age, 2,093 were examined by interview and questionnaire. One hundred ninety knee pain-positive and 510 knee pain-negative subjects received radiography. Radiographic knee OA (RKOA) was found in 72.1% (137/190) of symptomatic and 41.6% (212/510) of asymptomatic subjects (SKOA and AsKOA, respectively). The estimated prevalences of symptomatic and asymptomatic knee OA in the community were 7.2% and 37.4%, respectively. Women had higher SKOA prevalence than men (9.8% vs 3.7%, P
ISSN:0172-8172
1437-160X
DOI:10.1007/s00296-004-0492-7