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Review
. 2021 Feb;47(1):1-20.
doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2020.09.001. Epub 2020 Oct 29.

Racial/Ethnic, Socioeconomic, and Geographic Disparities in the Epidemiology of Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis

Leigh F Callahan  1 , Rebecca J Cleveland  2 , Kelli D Allen  3 , Yvonne Golightly  4
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Racial/Ethnic, Socioeconomic, and Geographic Disparities in the Epidemiology of Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis

Leigh F Callahan et al. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

It is estimated that 32.5 million US adults have clinical osteoarthritis (OA), with the most common sites being knee and hip. OA is associated with substantial individual and societal costs. Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), and geographic variations in the prevalence of knee and hip OA are well established around the world. In addition, clinical outcomes associated with hip and knee OA differ according to race/ethnicity, SES, and geography. This variation is likely multifactorial and may also reflect country-specific differences in health care systems. The interplay between different factors, such as geography, SES, and race/ethnicity, is difficult to study.

Keywords: Geographic disparities; Hip osteoarthritis; Knee osteoarthritis; Racial/ethnic disparities; Socioeconomic status.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure This work was supported in part by P30 AR072520.

Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Forest plot of WOMAC pain measures. High scores = worse outcome/most severe pain From Vaughn IA, Terry EL, Bartley EJ, Schaefer N, Fillingim RB. Racial-Ethnic Differences in Osteoarthritis Pain and Disability: A Meta-Analysis. J Pain. 2019;20(6):629–644.
Figures 2:
Figures 2:
Age-standardized prevalence of symptomatic radiographically confirmed knee osteoarthritis, The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 From Cross M, Smith E, Hoy D, et al. The global burden of hip and knee osteoarthritis: estimates from the global burden of disease 2010 study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2014;73(7):1323–1330.
Figure 3:
Figure 3:
Age-standardized prevalence of symptomatic radiographically confirmed hip osteoarthritis, The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 From Cross M, Smith E, Hoy D, et al. The global burden of hip and knee osteoarthritis: estimates from the global burden of disease 2010 study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2014;73(7):1323–1330.
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