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Factors associated with pain and functional limitation in Japanese male patients with knee osteoarthritis

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The present study investigated factors associated with knee pain and functional limitation in knee OA patients. Subjects were 109 Japanese males who were newly diagnosed with knee OA at three university hospitals over a 1-year period. Knee pain and functional limitation in walking and climbing and/or descending stairs were selected as outcome measures. To assess factors associated with outcomes, we calculated odds ratios (OR) using logistic regression analysis. Taller height (≥163 vs. <163 cm) showed a negative association with knee pain, “Pain on walking”: OR = 0.08, 95% confidence interval = 0.01–0.79; “Pain on stairs”: 0.25, 0.08–0.82. A significant characteristic related to a lesser degree of functional disability was alcohol consumption (“Waking distance”: 0.34, 0.14–0.84; “Help on stairs”: 0.21, 0.09–0.51). In the present study, knee pain was associated with shorter height in male Japanese patients with knee OA. Functional limitation was associated with no consumption of alcohol.

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The present study was supported in part by a research grant from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan.

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  1. Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Faculty of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan

    Kyoko Kondo & Yoshio Hirota

  2. Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyushu Kousei Nenkin Hospital, 1-8-1 Kisinoura, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 806-8501, Japan

    Hideya Kawamura

  3. Department of Rhehabilitation Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Hiromasa Miura & Shin-ichiro Takasugi

  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Yoichi Sugioka & Yukihide Iwamoto

  5. Kagawa Rosai Hospital, 3-3-1, Jhoutou-cho, Marugame, Kagawa, 763-8502, Japan

    Hajime Inoue

  6. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Faculty of Medicine, 7-5-1, Kusunokicho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan

    Masahiro Kurosaka

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Kondo, K., Hirota, Y., Kawamura, H. et al. Factors associated with pain and functional limitation in Japanese male patients with knee osteoarthritis. Rheumatol Int 27, 1135–1142 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-007-0356-z

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