Number of Persons With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis in the US: Impact of Race and Ethnicity, Age, Sex, and Obesity

ConclusionMore than half of all persons with symptomatic knee OA are younger than 65 years of age. As many of these younger persons will live for 3 decades or more, there is substantially more time for greater disability to occur, and policymakers should anticipate health care utilization for knee OA to increase in the upcoming decades. These data emphasize the need for the deployment of innovative prevention and treatment strategies for knee OA, especially among younger persons.

Source: Arthritis Care and Research - November 2, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Bhushan R. Deshpande, Jeffrey N. Katz, Daniel H. Solomon, Edward H. Yelin, David J. Hunter, Stephen P. Messier, Lisa G. Suter, Elena Losina Tags: Original Article Source Type: research