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. 2017 Oct 18;12(10):e0186141. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186141

Table 3. Physical activity and health-related quality of life measures across knee status categories.

Non-OA (Pain-/ROA-) (Weighted n = 8,131,884) Pain only (Pain+/ROA-) (Weighted n = 1,093,947) ROA only (Pain-/ROA+) (Weighted n = 2,819,587) Painful ROA (Pain+/ROA+) (Weighted n = 1,641,640) P value
Activity limitation < 0.001
    Yes, % 11.7 28.9 13.3 36.9
    No, % 88.9 71.1 86.7 63.1
Cause of activity limitation < 0.001
    Arthralgia 0.6 9.6 1.5 22.7
    Other 99.4 90.4 98.5 77.3
Mobility < 0.001
    I have no problems walking 86.1 51.4 74.1 26.3
    I have moderate problems walking 13.4 45.5 25.4 68.7
    I am unable to walk 0.5 3.1 0.5 5.0
Self-care < 0.001
    I have no problems washing or dressing myself 95.1 85.1 94.6 77.4
    I have moderate problems washing or dressing myself 4.7 13.6 5.2 20.6
    I am unable to wash or dress myself 0.2 1.3 0.2 2.0
Usual activities < 0.001
    I have no problems doing my usual activities 91.1 66.1 98.6 53.3
    I have moderate problems doing my usual activities 8.2 29.8 10.5 39.6
    I am unable to do my usual activities 0.7 4.1 1.9 7.1
Pain/discomfort < 0.001
    I have no pain or discomfort 78.2 41.9 77.4 30.9
    I have moderate pain or discomfort 20.1 47.2 20.3 52.1
    I have extreme pain or discomfort 1.7 10.9 2.3 17.0
Anxiety/ depression < 0.001
    I am not anxious or depressed 88.4 70.2 89.6 74.5
    I am moderately anxious or depressed 11.1 26.1 9.9 22.1
    I am extremely anxious or depressed 0.6 3.7 0.5 3.4
EQ-VAS score 73.72 ± 0.35 60.99 ± 1.06 72.21 ± 0.56 59.70 ± 0.92 < 0.001
EQ-5D index 0.94 ± 0.00 0.82 ± 0.01 0.92 ± 0.00 0.76 ± 0.01 < 0.001

Overall P-values were provided for the overall effects of clinical characteristics on the OA categories.