Knee osteoarthritis has doubled in prevalence since the mid-20th century

J. Wallace, Ian; Worthington, Steven; T. Felson, David; Jurmain, Robert; T. Wren, Kimberly; Maijanen, Heli; J. Woods, Robert; E. Lieberman, Daniel

doi:10.1073/pnas.1703856114

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Knee osteoarthritis has doubled in prevalence since the mid-20th century

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Aug 14, 2017

Authors:

Ian J. Wallace

Steven Worthington

David T. Felson

Abstract

= 176). OA was diagnosed based on the presence of eburnation (polish from bone-on-bone contact). Overall, knee OA prevalence was found to be 16% among the postindustrial sample but only 6% and 8% among the early industrial and prehistoric samples, respectively. After controlling for age, BMI, and ot...

Subject

Osteoarthritis

Etiology

Obesity

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