Table 3.
Prevalence of symptomatic osteoarthritis in China
| Site of survey [ref.] | Location | Age (Years) | Time | Number | Prevalence (%) | |||||||||
| Total | Knee | Lumbar | Cervical | Shoulder | Elbow | Hand | Feet | Ankle | Hip | |||||
| Hebei [10] | Coal mine | ≥16a | 1988 | 1,000 | 20.8 | 1.5 | 12.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 2.0 | |
| Taiyuan [39] | Urban | ≥16 | 2004 | 3,915 | 11.15 | 7.57 | 3.60 | 3.54 | 0.80 | 0.03 | ||||
| Shantou [16] | Urban | ≥16 | 1992 | 1,722 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.15 | |
| Shantou [23] | Urban | ≥16 | 1995 | 2,040 | 10.8 | 3.2 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.15 |
| Shanghai [3] | Urban | ≥16 | 1992 | 2,010 | 13.0 | |||||||||
| Taiwan [19] | Urban | ≥20 | 1992 | 3,000 | 5.1 | |||||||||
| Taiwan [19] | Suburban | ≥20 | 1992 | 3,000 | 5.8 | |||||||||
| Taiwan [19] | Rural | ≥20 | 1992 | 2,998 | 6.3 | |||||||||
| Beijing [20] | Rural | ≥16 | 1994 | 2,063 | 9.6 | |||||||||
| Beijing [32] | Urban | ≥60 | 2000 | 1,492 | 0.07 | |||||||||
| Beijing [34] | Urban | ≥60 | 2001 | 1,781 | 11.1 | |||||||||
| Shanghai [38] | Urban | ≥40 | 2003 | 2,093 | 7.2 | |||||||||
| Beijing [33] | Urban | ≥60 | 2001 | 2,507 | M 3.0/F 5.8 | |||||||||
aMale (M) > Female (F).