1A: Age and lifestyle in women and men. Data presented as mean values ± SD for age and as numbers with proportion (%).
Evaluations of group differences were done by Student´s t-test between means, Chi-square test and Fisher´s exact test.
Statistically significant differences are highlighted in bold text.
| Women |
| Parameter |
Hip OA |
Knee OA |
Ankle/Foot OA |
Hand/Finger OA |
Controls |
p-Value |
| Numbers |
(n=30) |
(n=38) |
(n=42) |
(n=20) |
(n=122) |
|
| Age (years) |
67.9 ± 8.8 |
63.3 ± 11.9 |
61.5 ± 8.9 |
63.7 ± 8.2 |
63.9 ± 14.4 |
0.29 |
| Blue-collar worker |
13/27 (48 %) |
16/36 (44%) |
20/42 (48%) |
8/20 (40%) |
45/107 (42%) |
0.95 |
| Recreational exercise |
13/26 (50%) |
6/17 (35%) |
30/42 (71%) |
13/20 (65%) |
35/107 (33%) |
<0.001 |
| Smoker |
6/29 (21%) |
9/37 (24%) |
10/41 (37%) |
3/20 (15%) |
18/106 (17%) |
<0.001 |
| Uses alcohol |
22/24 (92%) |
19/29 (66%) |
38/41 (93%) |
18/20 (90%) |
75/94 (80%) |
0.02 |
| Drinks coffee |
27/29 (93%) |
31/35 (89%) |
33/42 (79%) |
20/20 (100%) |
6/100 (94%) |
0.20 |
| Any food restrictions |
0/8 (0% ) |
0/24 (0%) |
5/42 (12%) |
808 (0%) |
2/105 (2%) |
0.06 |
| Has given childbirth |
25/28 (89%) |
33/37 (89%) |
38/40 (95%) |
18/20 (90%) |
91/102 (89%) |
0.93 |
| Menopause |
22/30 (73%) |
29/38 (76%) |
28/42 (66%) |
17/20 (85%) |
83/122 (68%) |
0.45 |
| Diabetes |
1/30 (3%) |
3/38 (8%) |
5/42 (12%) |
1/20 (5%) |
1/122 (1%) |
0.03 |
| Other diseases |
15/30 (50%) |
22/38 (58%) |
34/42 (81%) |
10/20 (50%) |
57/122 (47%) |
<0.01 |
| Current medication |
15/29 (52%) |
30/35 (86%) |
29/41 (71%) |
13/20 (65%) |
55/107 (51%) |
<0.01 |