Table 1.
Respondents' characteristics by prevalence of knee pain (N=5056)
| Knee pain, N (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Overall | Yes | No | p Value |
| Ethnicity | <0.001 | |||
| Malay | 2512 (50.0) | 610 (24.3) | 1902 (75.7) | |
| Chinese | 2079 (41.4) | 311 (15.0) | 1768 (85.0) | |
| Indian | 434 (8.6) | 138 (31.8) | 296 (68.2) | |
| Age (years) | <0.001 | |||
| <30 | 846 (16.8) | 129 (15.2) | 717 (84.8) | |
| 31–40 | 1936 (38.3) | 392 (20.2) | 1544 (79.8) | |
| >40 | 2268 (44.9) | 546 (24.1) | 1722 (75.9) | |
| Gender | 0.730 | |||
| Male | 2103 (41.8) | 440 (20.9) | 1663 (79.1) | |
| Female | 2926 (58.2) | 624 (21.3) | 2302 (78.7) | |
| Residence | <0.001 | |||
| Urban | 3250 (64.3) | 641 (19.7) | 2609 (80.3) | |
| Rural | 1806 (35.7) | 428 (23.7) | 1378 (76.3) | |
| Education | 0.022 | |||
| Tertiary | 766 (32.2) | 302 (18.7) | 1310 (81.3) | |
| Secondary | 2631 (52.5) | 580 (22.0) | 2051 (78.0) | |
| Primary or non-formal | 1612 (15.3) | 172 (22.5) | 594 (77.5) | |
| Employment status | 0.485 | |||
| Yes | 3208 (69.9) | 683 (21.3) | 2525 (78.7) | |
| No | 1382 (31.1) | 307 (22.2) | 1075 (77.8) | |