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Table 1 Demographic characteristics

From: Associations between biomarkers of bone and cartilage turnover, gender, pain categories and radiographic severity in knee osteoarthritis

Demographic baseline characteristics

Parameter

Nā€‰=ā€‰1241

Sex, n (%)

ā€ƒMale

399 (32.2)

ā€ƒFemale

842 (67.8)

Age (years)

ā€ƒMean (SD)

64.6 (6.6)

ā€ƒMedian (min, max)

64.5 (50.4ā€“80.4)

Race, n (%)

ā€ƒCaucasian

1110 (89.4)

ā€ƒAsian

130 (10.5)

ā€ƒOther

1 (0.1)

BMI, kg/m2

ā€ƒMean (SD)

28.9 (4.7)

WOMAC pain (0ā€“100), target knee (SD)

47.5 (14.6)

WOMAC pain (0ā€“100), non-target knee (SD)

35.7 (22.3)

Knee OA, n (%)

ā€ƒUnilateral, early

44 (3.5)

ā€ƒā€ƒKL 0/2

44 (3.5)

ā€ƒā€ƒKL 0/1

0 (0)

ā€ƒUnilateral, late

1 (<ā€‰0.1)

ā€ƒā€ƒKL 0/3

1 (<ā€‰0.1)

ā€ƒā€ƒKL 0/4

0 (0)

ā€ƒBilateral, early

851 (68.6)

ā€ƒā€ƒKL 1/2

221 (17.8)

ā€ƒā€ƒKL 2/2

630 (50.8)

ā€ƒBilateral, early/late

250 (20.1)

ā€ƒā€ƒKL 1/3

20 (1.6)

ā€ƒā€ƒKL 1/4

0 (0)

ā€ƒā€ƒKL 2/3

212 (17.1)

ā€ƒā€ƒKL 2/4

18 (1.5)

ā€ƒBilateral late/late

95 (7.7)

ā€ƒā€ƒKL 3/3

80 (6.4)

ā€ƒā€ƒKL 3/4

15 (1.2)

ā€ƒā€ƒKL 4/4

0 (0)

  1. BMI body mass index, KL Kellgren-Lawrence, JSW joint space width, WOMAC Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, OA osteoarthritis