Table 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics of the study OA and control population.

Clinical data	OA	Control
Age (years)	67.6 ± 4.42	43.2 ± 5.24
Male/female (n)	19/11	13/7
Disease duration (years)	7.93 ± 3.35	0.82 ± 0.21
HSS score	49.87 ± 4.86	53.34 ± 4.35
CRP (mg/dl)	0.46 ± 0.16	0.31 ± 0.11
ESR (mm/h)	10.43 ± 4.56	11.35 ± 3.32