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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2008 Mar 17;16(9):1039–1046. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2008.01.008

Table I.

WPS, morning stiffness and use of drugs among InCHIANTI Study participants aged 65 and over reporting HP, according to gender and age-class

Women
Men
65–74 75–84 85 over 65–74 75–84 85 over
WOMAC
 Pain while walking (0–4) (M ± SD) 1.2 ± 0.9 1.6 ± 1.1 2.2 ± 0.8 1.1 ± 1.3 1.0 ± 1.0 1.7 ± 0.8
 Pain climbing/descending stairs (0–4) (M ± SD) 1.6 ± 1.0 1.9 ± 1.0 2.1 ± 1.2 1.4 ± 1.3 1.2 ± 1.0 1.6 ± 0.8
 Pain in bed (0–4) (M ± SD) 1.0 ± 1.3 0.5 ± 0.9 0.6 ± 1.1 0.2 ± 0.6 0.5 ± 1.2 0.0 ± 0.0
 Pain sitting/laying down (0–4) (M ± SD) 1.1 ± 1.1 1.1 ± 1.1 1.5 ± 1.1 0.7 ± 1.1 0.6 ± 1.0 1.4 ± 0.7
 Pain standing up (0–4) (M ± SD) 1.2 ± 1.1 1.0 ± 1.2 1.3 ± 1.2 0.6 ± 0.9 0.3 ± 0.8 0.6 ± 0.8
WPS (0–20) (M ± SD) 6.1 ± 3.5 5.9 ± 3.7 7.7 ± 4.2 4.2 ± 3.7 3.5 ± 2.0 5.3 ± 2.1
Morning stiffness (% HP+ or KP+) 26.9 29.0 66.7 20.0 0.0 66.7
Use of NSAID (% HP+ or KP+) 23.1 19.4 22.2 13.3 0.0 16.7
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