Table 3. Comorbid disorder and osteoarthritis symptom severity.
| Disorder | Osteoarthritis |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Absent | ||
| Hypertension | |||
| VAS | 7.18±0.72 | 5.25±0.44 | 0.000 |
| HSS | 44.0±5.10 | 49.80±2.67 | 0.000 |
| HAMD | 9.14±4.04 | 6.35±2.70 | 0.003 |
| Diabetes | |||
| VAS | 7.12±0.93 | 6.47±1.10 | 0.035 |
| HSS | 42.76±5.53 | 46.58±4.83 | 0.004 |
| HAMD | 11.64±4.66 | 7.28±2.96 | 0.000 |
| Waist circumference | |||
| VAS | 6.82±1.07 | 5.93±0.88 | 0.005 |
| HSS | 44.93±5.39 | 48.33±3.64 | 0.019 |
| HAMD | 8.91±4.07 | 6.27±2.25 | 0.021 |
| BMI | |||
| VAS | 6.83±1.02 | 5.94±1.06 | 0.005 |
| HSS | 44.19±4.52 | 47.25±7.08 | 0.036 |
| HAMD | 8.59±3.70 | 7.50±4.53 | 0.142 |
| Dyslipidaemia | |||
| VAS | 6.84±1.09 | 6.24±1.01 | 0.022 |
| HSS | 44.11±5.50 | 48.44±3.25 | 0.001 |
| HAMD | 9.62±4.09 | 6.04±2.13 | 0.000 |
Each of these comorbidities was associated with greater levels of pain, disability and depression. P, P value; VAS, visual analogue scale (0= no pain); HSS, hospital for special surgery knee score (0= complete disability); HAMD, Hamilton depression scale (0= no depression); BMI, body mass index.