Influence of Age and Weight Change Patterns on Knee Osteoarthritis

Abstract

Background: Knee osteoarthritis is a globally alarming condition. People are now dependent and adapting to new living standards and not taking all the necessary precautions to lead day-to-day life, somehow this is accelerating the degenerative process in the body. So, aiming to find out the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis will help improve the activity of daily living performance and reduce the economic burden of society due to knee osteoarthritis.
Methodology: An observational descriptive analytic study, the target population was individuals between the age group 25 to 50 years of both genders.
Results: From a total of 5514 individual participants, those aged <40 years had a 7.28%, and ages >40 years had a 16.32% prevalence of knee osteoarthritis. Participants with BMI level <25 kg/m2 had 5.08%, and others having BMI of >25 kg/m2 had a 22.23% prevalence of knee osteoarthritis.
Conclusion: The participants of the age group ≥40 years and with BMI ≥25 kg/m2 reported a high prevalence of knee osteoarthritis.
Abbreviations: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA), & body mass index (BMI).