Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of patients

	Group 1 (n = 29)	Group 2 (n = 31)	p
Age (years)	65.03 ± 8.56	66.67 ± 7.62	0.435
Male/Female	10/19	8/23	0.464
Comorbidities:
Cardiovascular diseases	26 (89.6%)	28 (90.3%)	1.000
Endocrine diseases	8 (27.6%)	7 (22.6%)	0.881
Metabolic diseases	8 (27.6%)	13 (41.9%)	0.372
Gastrointestinal diseases	5 (17.2%)	3 (9.6%)	0.465
Benign prostate hyperplasia	3 (10.3%)	2 (6.4%)	0.666
Psychiatric diseases	3 (10.3%)	2 (6.4%)	0.666
Osteoporosis	4 (13.8%)	6 (19.3%)	0.732
Knee OA duration (years)	6.57 ± 5.30	4.88 ± 3.53	0.353
Radiological score distribution
Kellgren-Laurence grade 2	19 (65.5%)	25 (80.6%)	0.302
Kellgren-Laurence grade 3	10 (34.5%)	6 (19.3%)
Other OA
Hip OA	11 (37.9%)	11 (35.5%)	0.844
Shoulder OA	2 (6.9%)	4 (12.9%)	0.672
Ankle OA	2 (6.9%)	1 (3.2%)	0.606