Characteristics of patients followed up with complete WOMAC (n=223) at three months after entry into the clinic
| Sex | Male | Female | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | % | No | % | No | % | ||||||
| OA joint | |||||||||||
| Hip | 32 | 34 | 61 | 66 | 93 | 42 | |||||
| Knee | 32 | 25 | 98 | 75 | 130 | 58 | |||||
| Total | 64 | 29 | 159 | 71 | 223 | 100 | |||||
| Use of drugs: | No | % | |||||||||
| NSAID | 85 | 38 | |||||||||
| Analgesic | 17 | 8 | |||||||||
| NSAID and analgesic | 7 | 3 | |||||||||
| Chondroitin sulphate | 7 | 3 | |||||||||
| Total | 116 | 52 | |||||||||
| Median | Mean | SD | Range | ||||||||
| Age (years) | 65.6 | 65.1 | 10.0 | 37–86 | |||||||
| Education (years) | 11 | — | — | 6–18 | |||||||