Prevalence of osteoarthritis and association between smoking patterns and osteoarthritis in China: a cross-sectional study

Abstract

The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) and to assess the association between smoking patterns and OA prevalence in adults aged 50 years or older belonging to the Shanxi province of China.

Keywords

• osteoarthritis
• prevalence
• smoking patterns
• correlation
• radiographic