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. 2020 Oct 1;20:1491. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09611-7

Table 2.

The cumulative incidence over 4 years of symptomatic knee OA by age, area, region, education, BMI group, activities and chronic disease (Values presented are the weighted incidence of symptomatic knee OA)

Incidence (%) (95%CI)
Women Men Total
Total 11.16 (10.15–12.26) 5.58 (4.87–6.39) 8.47 (7.74–9.26)
Age, years
  < 50 10.17 (7.55–13.57) 4.08 (2.46–6.69) 7.87 (5.95–10.35)
 50–59 9.25 (7.79–10.94) 4.77 (3.73–6.08) 7.22 (6.19–8.42)
 60–69 12.88 (11.12–14.88) 6.10 (5.10–7.28) 9.45 (8.36–10.65)
  ≥ 70 11.77 (10.08–13.71) 6.07 (4.93–7.45) 8.84 (7.75–10.07)
Area
 Urban 8.55 (7.25–10.07) 3.51 (2.71–4.53) 6.15 (5.26–7.17)
 Rural 13.36 (11.94–14.92) 7.27 (6.27–8.42) 10.40 (9.40–11.50)
Region
 East 7.08 (5.66–8.82) 3.21 (2.41–4.26) 5.20 (4.27–6.33)
 Central 10.75 (9.32–12.38) 5.30 (4.30–6.51) 8.13 (7.19–9.19)
 West 17.01 (15.08–19.13) 9.1 (7.57–10.9) 13.22 (11.82–14.75)
Education
 No formal education 12.42 (10.82–14.23) 7.40 (6.29–8.68) 9.73 (8.73–10.83)
 Elementary school 12.67 (11.09–14.43) 8.23 (6.29–10.71) 11.74 (10.39–13.25)
 Middle school 7.51 (5.91–9.49) 3.83 (2.97–4.93) 5.33 (4.46–6.36)
 High school or Vocational school or higher 6.82 (4.72–9.75) 2.25 (1.46–3.45) 3.84 (2.85–5.15)
BMI group (kg/m2)
  < 18.5 9.63 (6.75–13.55) 9.43 (6.44–13.59) 9.53 (7.29–12.38)
 18.5–24.9 10.77 (9.52–12.16) 6.54 (5.62–7.59) 8.62 (7.77–9.56)
  ≥ 25.0 12.35 (10.35–14.66) 4.23 (3.20–5.57) 9.02 (7.69–10.55)
Done some activities (such as played a sport, social, or other kind of club dancing, doing physical exercise, doing Qigong,et al.)
 Yes 5.74 (3.59–9.05) 0.95 (0.38–2.38) 3.48 (2.27–5.31)
 No 11.58 (10.53–12.72) 5.92 (5.19–6.76) 8.85 (8.10–9.66)
Hypertension
 Yes 13.72 (11.45–16.35) 5.64 (4.41–7.19) 9.85 (8.46–11.44)
 No 10.36 (9.3–11.51) 5.48 (4.72–6.36) 8.00 (7.25–8.83)
Dyslipidemia
 Yes 14.79 (10.46–20.5) 3.57 (2.37–5.35) 9.28 (6.92–12.34)
 No 10.76 (9.72–11.9) 5.62 (4.89–6.45) 8.29 (7.54–9.10)
Diabetes
 Yes 16.37 (10.16–25.31) 4.37 (2.57–7.34) 10.83 (7.33–15.73)
 No 10.87 (9.84–11.99) 5.59 (4.87–6.42) 8.31 (7.57–9.12)
Chronic lung disease
 Yes 17.61 (14.13–21.74) 9.00 (6.70–11.98) 12.51 (10.40–14.98)
 No 10.69 (9.68–11.81) 5.15 (4.47–5.94) 8.08 (7.36–8.87)
Liver disease
 Yes 15.31 (10.59–21.62) 9.09 (6.06–13.43) 11.78 (8.74–15.69)
 No 11.04 (10.01–12.16) 5.36 (4.67–6.16) 8.32 (7.59–9.12)
Heart disease
 Yes 19.03 (16.12–22.32) 6.94 (4.83–9.86) 14.02 (12.00–16.32)
 No 10.14 (9.13–11.24) 5.35 (4.63–6.17) 7.79 (7.07–8.59)
Stroke
 Yes 13.09 (7.54–21.76) 11.19 (6.42–18.80) 12.11 (8.16–17.61)
 No 11.14 (10.12–12.24) 5.47 (4.76–6.29) 8.41 (7.69–9.20)
Kidney disease
 Yes 18.52 (13.48–24.9) 10.82 (7.75–14.93) 14.19 (11.33–17.64)
 No 10.81 (9.80–11.91) 5.21 (4.51–6.00) 8.13 (7.42–8.91)
Digestive disease
 Yes 16.98 (14.85–19.34) 8.2 (6.62–10.12) 12.95 (11.44–14.63)
 No 9.63 (8.58–10.80) 4.92 (4.18–5.77) 7.33 (6.61–8.13)
Psychiatric disease
 Yes 11.74 (5.9–22.00) 1.71 (0.22–12.09) 8.99 (4.93–15.82)
 No 11.16 (10.15–12.27) 5.55 (4.85–6.34) 8.44 (7.71–9.22)
Asthma
 Yes 21.05 (14.56–29.43) 9.29 (5.56–15.12) 14.10 (10.54–18.61)
 No 10.93 (9.91–12.04) 5.44 (4.73–6.25) 8.30 (7.57–9.09)