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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1997-1-9
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The prevalence and pattern of osteoarthritis of the knee and its association with obesity among security forces personnel was investigated. A single survey with a control group was done at the Mobile Hospital, Ministry of Interior, Makkah Al Mukarramah. One hundred twenty-five patients presenting to the orthopedic clinic with painful knees of at least 12 months duration gave detailed histories and were treated with bi-planar conventional radiography; they were matched with a similar number from the clinics of internal medicine without painful knees. One hundred three patients (82.4%) with 126 painful knees had various degrees of osteoarthritis. The mean age was 41 and 41.76 years for the patient and control group, respectively. The medial tibio-femoral and patello-femoral compartment were involved in 116 cases (92%). Fifty-nine knees (46.8%) had mild, 46 (36.5%) had moderate, and 21 (16.6%) had severe osteoarthritis changes. There were statistically significant differences between the two groups for weight and Quetelet index of body mass (p < 0.047 and < 0.0001). In the study group, the mean Quetelet body index was 31.6638 kg/m2, and in the control group it was 28.5633 kg/m2. The prevalence of osteoarthritis among the security forces personnel was 1.19%. The medial and patello-femoral compartment was affected in the majority of cases, and obesity was confirmed as one of the important causes of osteoarthritis in the Saudi Arabian population.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Feb
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| pubmed:issn |
0026-4075
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
161
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
105-7
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:8857224-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:8857224-Case-Control Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:8857224-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:8857224-Knee Joint,
pubmed-meshheading:8857224-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:8857224-Military Personnel,
pubmed-meshheading:8857224-Obesity,
pubmed-meshheading:8857224-Osteoarthritis,
pubmed-meshheading:8857224-Prevalence,
pubmed-meshheading:8857224-Saudi Arabia,
pubmed-meshheading:8857224-United States,
pubmed-meshheading:8857224-War
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| pubmed:year |
1996
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Osteoarthritis of the knee among Saudi Arabian security forces personnel.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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