Bens Pardamean
Measuring change in critical thinking skills of dental students educated in a PBL curriculum
Journal of dental education
prevalence osteoarthritis investigated many countries regions considering wide differences ethnicity socioeconomic status environmental factors lifestyle patterns study aimed report prevalence knee osteoarthritis koa associated factors rural areas tianjin populationbased crosssectional study conducted june august 2020 koa diagnosed according 1995 american college rheumatology criteria information participants age years education bmi smoking drinking status sleep quality frequency walking collected multivariate logistic regression analysis used analyze factors influencing koa study included 3924 participants 1950 male 1974 female mean age participants 5853 years total 404 patients diagnosed koa overall prevalence koa 103 prevalence koa higher women men 141 vs 65 risk koa women 1764 times higher men risk koa increased following increasement age higher risk koa participants walked frequently participants walked infrequently 1572 participants overweight participants normal weight 1509 participants average sleep quality 1677 perceived poor sleep quality 1978 respectively participants satisfactory sleep quality postmenopausal women nonmenopausal women 412 risk koa participants elementary level lower 0619 times participants illiteracy addition results gender subgroup analysis showed male age obesity frequent walking sleep quality independent factors associated koa female age bmi education level sleep quality frequent walking whether menopausal independent factors associated koa p 005 results populationbased crosssectional study showed sex age educational level bmi sleep quality frequent walking independent influencing factors koa influencing factors koa differed sexes order reduce disease burden koa harm health middleaged elderly people risk factors related control koa identified much possible chictr2100050140