“STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF RISK FACTORS OF KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS”

Abstract

Knee joint (OA) is a condition in which the cartilage covering the knee joint, synovial membrane and the subchondral bone surface is progressively de- graded, accompanied by pain, muscle weakness, disability movement and ability to carry out daily activities; walking, stairs climbing, sit down and lower your knee function. From 1990 to 2018, trends in osteoarthritis of the knee increased by 75%, the third fastest-growing condition associated with disability. The risk factors of knee OA is determined in this study. The data was collected from the public sector hospitals (Allied hospital and civil hospital) of city Faisalabad. By preparing the questionnaire, we directly interviewed the patients on di erent risk factors like gender, obesity, older age, smoking, certain occupation, history of knee trauma, certain occupation etc. The convenient sampling is used for the selection of samples. A total of 100 samples are collected in which 500 samples are cases and 500 samples are control with the ratio of 1:1. For the data analysis di erent statistical techniques are used: Chi-Square, Cramer's V-statistic, Binary logistic regression and Odds ratio have been utilized to indicate the e etc of various risk factors.