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. 2008 Nov 27;467(3):623–637. doi: 10.1007/s11999-008-0625-5

Table 7.

Prevalence (%) of radiographic hip osteoarthritis by K&L scale

Author (year) K&L ≥ 2 K&L ≥ 3 K&L ≥ 4
Birrell et al. [3] (2005) 56.0* 6.4
Burger et al. [5] (1996) 8.0
Cvijetic et al. [7] (2000) 27.1
Grubber et al. [19] (1998) 2.4
Helmick et al. [22] (2003) 27.0
Hirsch et al. [23] (1998) 3.5
Hoaglund (1973) 1.0
Ingvarsson et al. [27] (2000) 9.2
Inoue et al. [29] (2000) 2.4
Inoue et al. [29] (2000) 5.3
Lawrence (1954) 19.8 5.9
Lawrence (1958) 18.3 10.1
Lawrence (1960) 12.5 5.4
Lawrence (1961) 9.4 2.0
Lawrence (1962) 13.4 2.5
Lawrence (1964) 2.6 2.0
Lawrence (1970) 11.1 5.2
Muller (1970) 2.5 1.5
Odding et al. [44] (1998) 15.2 4.7
Pogrund (1982) 4.1
Reijman et al. [47] (2004) 7.0 1.4
Solomon (1976) 3.0 0.3
Tepper (1971) 3.2
Van Saase et al. [54] (1989) 13.7 3.0

*Or JSW less than 2.5 mm; or JSW less than 1.5 mm; as reported in previous review articles [26, 36, 37]; K&L = Kellgren and Lawrence; JSW = joint space width.