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Objective: To determine the risk factors of symptomatic knee, hand, and hip osteoarthritis among people aged ?40 years in a suburban area of Izmir City, Turkey Material and Methods: A total of 522 subjects were randomly chosen with systematic randomization. All subjects fulfilled a detailed survey and had a physical examination. Any subject who met at least one of the ACR clinical criteria for knee/hand/hip osteoarthritis (OA) was considered as screening positive and was invited for x-rays. Results: We report that the symptomatic knee, hand, and hip osteoarthritis prevalence correspondingly increases with age. Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (SKO) has a positive correlation with female gender (OR: 26.5, 95% CI: 7.6-92.3), obesity, morbid obesity (OR:5.8, 95% CI:2.1- 16.2), and regular prayer habit (namaz) (OR:2.6, 95% CI: 1.1-6.2). SKO and symptomatic hand osteoarthritis (SHaO) prevalence numbers are higher in the postmenopausal female group than premenopausal women (p |
