Incidence of Osteoarthritis of Knee Joint among Obese Female Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 5
Abstract
Osteoarthritis (OA), a common joint disorder, is due to aging and wear and tear on a joint. Being overweight increases the risk of OA in different joints. Knee osteoarthritis is the most common type. Obesity is a risk factor for the onset, progression, and symptoms of knee osteoarthritis. Other risk factors are aging, family history, menopause and female gender. Current study was aimed at investigating the relationship between obesity with the increased incidence of osteoarthritis of knee in females. This cross sectional study was done including females of age group 40 to 64 years of age. The study was done over a period of 6 months. A total of 250 patients were included in this study. The patients were selected on a basis of convenience sampling method. In detail history of the patient were taken. As well as physical examination and imaging studies were done. Statistical analysis was done with the help of IBM SPSS statistics version 20 using pearsons chi square test. In each of the participants, individual demographic characteristics and clinical features of osteoarthritis were evaluated. 78% of the participants were diagnosed with the osteoarthritis of the knee. Highest percentage of the knee affected were shown bilateral (51%), followed by right knee (39%) and left knee were affected in 10 % of the cases. Significant association (p=0.001) was found with increased BMI and osteoarthritis of the knee (Table 2). Obesity is strongly associated with the development of secondary osteoarthritis of knee in both pre and post-menopausal females. Keywords: Obesity, Osteoarthritis of knee, BMI
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Padmakar Shinde, Prakash V Patil
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