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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study cohorts

From: The burden of hip and knee osteoarthritis in Finnish occupational healthcare

 

All OA patients

OCH subcohort

Controls

Hip

Knee

Hip/Knee

Hip

Knee

Hip/Knee

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

Sample size

9040

17.7%

42,028

82.3%

51,608

100%

6416

18.3%

28,693

81.7%

35,109

100%

35,101

100%

Mean follow-up (years)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

3.4

2.3

3.5

2.4

3.4

2.4

3.5

2.4

Gender (female)

4902

54.2%

23,849

56.7%

28,751

56.3%

3407

53.1%

15,633

54.4%

19,040

54.2%

19,034

54.2%

Mean age at index

56.8

10.4

56.6

10.1

56.6

10.1

53.3

7.9

53.2

7.6

53.3

7.7

52.4

7.6

Age group at index

 18–29

98

1.1%

328

0.8%

426

0.8%

78

1.2%

271

0.9%

349

1.0%

406

1.2%

 30–39

410

4.5%

1845

4.4%

2255

4.4%

369

5.8%

1620

5.6%

1989

5.7%

2170

6.2%

 40–49

1687

18.7%

8139

19.4%

9826

19.2%

1528

23.8%

6990

24.4%

8518

24.3%

9703

27.6%

 50–59

3902

43.2%

18,795

44.7%

22,697

44.4%

3347

52.2%

15,356

53.5%

18,703

53.3%

18,634

53.1%

 60–64

1479

16.4%

6487

15.4%

7966

15.6%

981

15.3%

3961

13.8%

4942

14.1%

3664

10.4%

 ≥65

1464

16.2%

6434

15.3%

7898

15.5%

113

1.8%

495

1.7%

608

1.7%

524

1.5%

BMI available

4012

44.4%

18,014

42.9%

22,026

43.1%

3799

59.2%

17,134

59.7%

20,933

59.6%

16,400

46.7%

Mean BMI (kg/m2)

28.7

5.3

30.4

5.9

30.1

5.9

28.6

5.2

30.4

5.9

30.1

5.8

27.6

4.9

BMI group

 < 25

1001

25.0%

2959

16.4%

3960

18.0%

943

24.8%

2780

16.2%

3723

17.8%

5422

33.1%

 25–30

1678

41.8%

6811

37.8%

8489

38.5%

1607

42.3%

6506

38.0%

8113

38.8%

6809

41.5%

 30–35

881

22.0%

4778

26.5%

5659

25.7%

833

21.9%

4552

26.6%

5385

25.7%

2918

17.8%

 35–40

306

7.6%

2211

12.3%

2517

11.4%

284

7.5%

2093

12.2%

2377

11.4%

905

5.5%

 > 40

146

3.6%

1255

7.0%

1401

6.4%

132

3.5%

1203

7.0%

1335

6.4%

346

2.1%

Smoking status available

2126

23.5%

9816

23.4%

11,942

23.4%

2102

32.8%

9656

33.7%

11,758

33.5%

9686

27.6%

Non-smoker

1572

73.9%

7149

72.8%

8721

73.0%

1556

74.0%

7028

72.8%

8584

73.0%

6600

68.1%

  1. Data are shown as the number and percentage of patients, or the mean +/− SD