Table 7.
Point prevalence of Hand OA in joint groups by the three methods.
| Males (N = 159) | Females (N = 222) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Right | Left | Total | Right | Left | |
| POA of DIPs% | 48.4 | 39.0 | 32.7 | 50.0 | 45.0 | 34.7 |
| POA of PIPs% | 36.5 | 28.3 | 20.1 | 27.5 | 22.5 | 12.2 |
| POA of CMC1% | 5.7 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 25.2 | 21.7 | 15.4 |
| ROA of DIPs% | 81.8 | 78.0 | 66.7 | 91.9 | 88.3 | 80.6 |
| ROA of PIPs% | 50.3 | 35.8 | 32.1 | 67.6 | 50.0 | 43.2 |
| ROA of CMC1% | 25.8 | 18.2 | 19.5 | 35.1 | 27.9 | 28.4 |
| COA of DIPs% | 69.2 | 61.0 | 53.5 | 75.7 | 68.9 | 59.0 |
| COA of PIPs% | 28.9 | 20.8 | 18.9 | 22.5 | 18.5 | 14.9 |
| COA of CMC1% | 13.2 | 7.5 | 10.1 | 36.0 | 26.1 | 26.6 |
(POA = photography, ROA = radiography, COA = clinical examination)