Table 1. Prevalence of any pain, joint complaints and knee and hip complaints.
all participants | women | men | ||||
crude | stand.* | crude | stand. * | crude | stand. * | |
pain | ||||||
current | 60.4% | 59.7% | 63.2% | 62.6% | 56.8% | 56.2% |
within the last four weeks | 74.9% | 74.5% | 77.5% | 77.0% | 71.6% | 71.4% |
joint complaints | ||||||
current | 50.0% | 49.3% | 52.4% | 51.8% | 47.0% | 46.4% |
within the last four weeks | 63.4% | 62.8% | 66.6% | 66.0% | 59.4% | 59.0% |
within the last twelve months | 68.0% | 67.4% | 70.9% | 70.3% | 64.2% | 64.1% |
predominant site | ||||||
any knee | 31.4% | 30.9% | 30.9% | 30.6% | 31.9% | 31.6% |
knee both sides | 9.9% | 9.7% | 9.6% | 9.5% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
any hip | 15.6% | 15.2% | 15.9% | 15.8% | 15.3% | 14.6% |
hip both sides | 3.5% | 3.5% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
knee & hip | 5.7% | 5.5% | 5.7% | 5.8% | 5.6% | 5.3% |
stand.: standardized for the population of Herne (reference day: 2004, December 31).