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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the sample by hand osteoarthritis status

From: The relationship between hand osteoarthritis and serum leptin concentration in participants of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

 

Symptomatic hand OA

Asymptomatic hand OA

No hand OA

Age

   

   60 to 69 years

41 (45%)

138 (45%)

309 (58%)

   70 to 79 years

35 (46%)

140 (39%)

169 (28%)

   80+ years

14 (9%)

98 (17%)

112 (15%)

Sex

   

   Male

36 (34%)

159 (37%)

315 (49%)

   Female

54 (66%)

217 (63%)

275 (51%)

Race/ethnicity

   

   Non-Hispanic white

47 (85%)

251 (90%)

301 (79%)

   Non-Hispanic black

17 (9%)

49 (5%)

124 (8%)

   Hispanic

26 (5%)

75 (5%)

153 (9%)

   Other

0 (0%)

1 (0%)

12 (4%)

BMI status

   

   Normal (BMI < 25 kg/m2)

22 (31%)

152 (45%)

208 (42%)

   Overweight (25 ≤ BMI < 30 kg/m2)

39 (45%)

145 (39%)

212 (35%)

   Obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2)

25 (25%)

50 (16%)

133 (23%)

Radiographic knee OA

   

   Yes

36 (31%)

130 (32%)

177 (30%)

   No

47 (69%)

234 (68%)

391 (70%)

Diabetes

   

   Yes

19 (15%)

36 (8%)

81 (11%)

   No

71 (85%)

339 (92%)

508 (89%)

Total cholesterol

   

   Desirable (< 200)

27 (26%)

120 (27%)

190 (29%)

   Borderline high (200 to 239)

32 (39%)

140 (40%)

218 (39%)

   High (≥ 240)

31 (35%)

113 (32%)

173 (32%)

  1. Data presented as n (%). Percentages are weighted using Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey sampling weights. BMI, body mass index; OA, osteoarthritis.
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