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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2011 Feb 15;154(4):217–226. doi: 10.1059/0003-4819-154-4-201102150-00001

Table 4. Total Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Lost Owing to Obesity and Knee Osteoarthritis in the U.S. Population Aged 50 to 84 Years.

Race and
Sex		 Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Lost Owing to
Knee Osteoarthritis		 Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Lost Owing to Obesity Total Quality-Adjusted
Life-Years Lost
Nonobese
Persons
(1)		 Obese
Persons
(2)		 Overall
Population
(1 + 2)		 Osteoarthritis-Free
Persons
(3)		 Persons With
Knee Osteo-
arthritis (4)		 Overall
Population
(3 + 4)		 Persons With
Knee Osteo-
arthritis (1 +
2 + 4)		 Obese
Persons
(2 + 3 + 4)
Black
 Women 258 114 449 923 708 036 6 493 886 469 159 6 963 045 1 177 195 7 412 968
 Men 195 003 215 897 410 900 3 882 363 230 124 4 112 488 641 024 4 328 384
Hispanic
 Women 222 933 310 956 533 889 4 667 829 315 693 4 983 522 849 582 5 294 479
 Men 214 007 178 818 392 825 2 800 024 159 790 2 959 814 552 615 3 138 632
White
 Women 2 471 304 2 086 287 4 557 591 28 154 713 2 241 536 30 396 249 6 799 128 32 482 536
 Men 1 842 058 1 667 852 3 509 910 24 750 229 1 729 725 26 479 954 5 239 635 28 147 806
  Total 5 203 418 4 909 733 10 113 151 70 749 045 5 146 027 75 895 072 15 259 178 80 804 805