ABSTRACT
Background: Osteoarthritis knee causes disablity among middle aged people
Objective: To find out the frequency of osteoarthritis among patients of knee and its association with gender and obesity
Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted at Department of Orthopedics, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur from 1[st] January to 31[st] May 2014. Patients of both sexes with knee pain, age from 40 to 70 years were included in this study. Physical examination of all the patients was done and x-ray of knee joint were also taken from every patients to assess the knee osteoarthritis. The data was entered and analysed by using SPSS version 15
Results: Total 100 patients were included in this study. Mean age of the patients was 52.64 +/- 8.8 years. Osteoarthritis was found in 72 [72%] patients. 20 [55.6%] among male and 52 [81.25%] among female were having osteoarthritis. Out of 60 [60%] obese patients osteoarthritis was found in 56 [93.33%] patients
Conclusion: Obesity is found to be significant important risk factor for Osteoarthritis Knee [KOA]. KOA is also found more in females and obese