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Table 4 Proportion (%) of patients experiencing knee pain in specified age-groups of populations with radiographic osteoarthritis.

From: The discordance between clinical and radiographic knee osteoarthritis: A systematic search and summary of the literature

Study

Age Group

Radiographic View

Proportion (%)

OA Definition

Population

Lachance [13]

40–53

A/Pwb

35

K&L 2+

CA

   

50

 

AA

Hart [18]

45–65

A/Pwb

56

K&L 2+

All

Davis [27]

45–75

A/Pwb

41(KL2)

K&L I+

All

   

59(KL3)

 

All

Hannan [25]

51–74

A/P

47

Def Ost

All

Claessens [3]

> 45

A/Pwb

24

K&L 2+

All

Cicuttini [11]

> 45

Lateral Flexed wb

16

Def Ost

Female

  

S/L

26

 

Female

Cicuttini [26]

> 45

A/Pwb

20

Ost

Female

  

Lateral

15

JSN

Female

  

S/L

23

or both

Female

Odding [14]

> 55

A/Pwb

30(KL2)

K&L 2+

All

   

59(KL3)

  

Felson [20]

> 63

A/Pwb

40

K&L2+

All

    

or JSN

 

Brandt [24]

> 65

A/Pwb + Lateral

22

K&L2+

All

Lethbridge [10]

19–92

A/P

30(KL2)

K&L2+

All

   

64(KL3)

  

Williams [21]

51–80

A/P Lat Flexed

79

K&L2+

All

Lanyon [8]

40–80

A/Pwb + S/L

81

Altman

All

    

≥ Grade I Ost [32]

 
  1. A/P – antero-posterior
  2. wb – weight bearing
  3. S/L – skyline
  4. Lat – lateral
  5. CA – Caucasian
  6. AA – African American
  7. KL – Kellgren Lawrence grade
  8. All – whole population
  9. K&L – Kellgren & Lawrence Knee OA Grading Scale [33]
  10. Ost – Osteophytes
  11. Def Ost – Definite Osteophytes
  12. JSN – Joint Space Narrowing