Table 3.
Cumulative Obscure and Non-Specific Diagnoses Over Two-Year Follow-Up
| Total Cohort N=127,570 | Pes Anserine Bursitis n=1816 (1.4) | Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis n=537 (0.4) | Prepatellar Bursitis n=1835 (1.4) | Plica Syndrome n=2513 (2.0) | Non-Specific Diagnoses | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pain in Joint, Lower Leg n=126,170 (98.9) | Other Joint Derangement Not Elsewhere Classified n=1353 (1.1) | Unspecified Disorder of the Joint in the Lower Leg n=806 (0.6) | |||||
| Mean Age (SD) | 36.4 (9.1) | 37.8 (8.9) | 34.8 (9.3) | 34.7 (8.7) | 34.6 (9.1) | 34.2 (8.7) | 37.1 (8.9) |
| Female Sex | 813 (44.8) | 202 (37.7) | 481 (26.3) | 715 (28.5) | 42,990 (34.2) | 471 (34.9) | 282 (35.0) |
| Beneficiary Status* | |||||||
| – Active Duty | 1114 (61.3) | 281 (52.3) | 1162 (63.3) | 1797 (71.5) | 82,139 (65.1) | 899 (66.4) | 470 (58.3) |
| – Dependent | 548 (30.2) | 174 (32.4) | 426 (23.2) | 510 (20.3) | 32,429 (25.7) | 344 (25.4) | 235 (29.2) |
| – Retired Service Member | 154 (8.5) | 81 (15.1) | 244 (13.3) | 199 (7.9) | 11,138 (8.8) | 108 (8.0) | 100 (12.4) |
| – Other | 0 | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.2) | 7 (0.3) | 464 (0.4) | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) |
| Service* | |||||||
| – Army | 692 (38.1) | 191 (35.6) | 680 (37.1) | 1105 (44.0) | 58,492 (46.4) | 605 (44.7) | 365 (45.3) |
| – Air Force | 643 (35.4) | 180 (33.5) | 546 (29.8) | 761 (30.3) | 34,042 (27.0) | 353 (26.1) | 250 (31.0) |
| – Navy | 354 (19.5) | 86 (16.0) | 405 (22.1) | 394 (15.7) | 21,075 (16.7) | 226 (16.7) | 133 (16.5) |
| – Marines | 78 (4.3) | 59 (11.0) | 133 (7.2) | 191 (7.6) | 9564 (7.6) | 114 (8.4) | 37 (4.6) |
| – Coast Guard | 47 (2.6) | 20 (3.7) | 62 (3.4) | 59 (2.3) | 2709 (2.1) | 50 (3.7) | 19 (2.4) |
| – Other/Unknown | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.2) | 9 (0.5) | 3 (0.1) | 287 (0.2) | 5 (0.4) | 2 (0.2) |
| Socioeconomic Status* | |||||||
| – Junior Enlisted | 566 (31.2) | 141 (26.3) | 658 (35.9) | 820 (32.6) | 44,297 (35.1) | 468 (34.6) | 207 (25.7) |
| – Senior Enlisted | 852 (46.9) | 300 (5.9) | 814 (44.4) | 1149 (45.7) | 56,794 (45.0) | 619 (45.8) | 448 (55.6) |
| – Junior Officer | 174 (9.6) | 31 (5.8) | 159 (8.7) | 272 (10.8) | 11,508 (9.1) | 106 (7.8) | 63 (7.8) |
| – Senior Officer | 215 (11.8) | 62 (11.5) | 183 (10.0) | 247 (9.8) | 13,011 (10.3) | 157 (11.6) | 87 (10.8) |
| – Cadet | 8 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 20 (1.1) | 23 (0.9) | 514 (0.4) | 3 (0.2) | 0 |
| – Other/Unknown | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 46 (0) | 0 | 1 (0.1) |
| Race | |||||||
| – White | 936 (51.5) | 293 (54.6) | 1073 (58.5) | 1582 (63.0) | 64,722 (51.3) | 743 (54.9) | 413 (51.2) |
| – Black | 260 (14.3) | 82 (15.3) | 269 (14.7) | 321 (12.8) | 23,859 (18.9) | 214 (15.8) | 156 (19.4) |
| – Asian or Pacific Islander | 98 (5.4) | 15 (2.8) | 97 (5.3) | 101 (4.0) | 7097 (5.6) | 71 (5.2) | 30 (3.7) |
| – Native American | 16 (0.9) | 6 (1.1) | 18 (1.0) | 32 (1.3) | 1179 (0.9) | 24 (1.8) | 8 (1.0) |
| – Other | 90 (5.0) | 19 (3.5) | 66 (3.6) | 95 (3.8) | 5621 (4.5) | 46 (3.4) | 26 (3.2) |
| – Unknown | 416 (22.9) | 122 (22.7) | 312 (17.0) | 382 (15.2) | 23,692 (18.8) | 255 (18.8) | 173 (21.5) |
Notes: Values reported as N (% within column). *Sponsor status is based on the active-duty service member, even for spouse or dependents.