Dose-response relationship between cumulative physical workload and osteoarthritis of the hip – a meta-analysis applying an external reference population for exposure assignment

Table 2 Cumulative exposure percentiles of the reference population ≥ 40 years

Assigned exposure parameters	Sex	40th	50th	60th	70th	80th	90th	100th
a. cumulative tons of weights ≥20 kg handled	M	8	8	281	1054	2620	6101	307,813
a. cumulative tons of weights ≥20 kg handled	F	0	0	0	0	13	455	17,101
b. cumulative tons of weights ≥20 kg handled ≥10 times/day	M	0	0	116	784	2220	5971	307,813
b. cumulative tons of weights ≥20 kg handled ≥10 times/day	F	0	0	0	0	0	64	17,101
c. cumulative number [× 1000] of lifting and/or carrying operations of weights ≥20 kg	M	0.6	0.6	11	35	80	218	13,463
	F	0	0	0	0	0.2	18	732

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