Table 4

Prevalence of coexisting musculoskeletal diseases (%) in the Dutch population, DMC₃ study

		B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
*The coexistence of the two diseases is higher than expected on the basis of independence (p<0.05).
A	Herniated disc of back	0.6	0.2	1.5*	2.1*	1.4	1.3*	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.2	2.0*
B	Gout		0.1*	0.8*	1.1*	0.7*	0.7*	0.2*	0.6*	0.3	0.1*	1.2*
C	RSI			0.7*	0.5*	0.2	0.1	0.1*	0.2*	0.1	0.1	0.9*
D	Epicondylitis				2.5*	1.2	1.0	0.4	0.6	0.9*	0.3*	4.2*
E	Osteoarthritis of knee					5.3*	3.6*	0.6*	2.2*	2.0*	0.3*	3.6*
F	Osteoarthritis of hip						3.0*	0.3	1.5*	1.1*	0.3*	2.0*
G	Osteoporosis							0.3*	1.4*	1.2*	0.4*	1.8*
H	Whiplash								0.2*	0.3*	0.1	0.5
I	Rheumatoid arthritis									1.4*	0.2*	1.1*
J	Other chronic arthritis										0.3*	1.4*
K	Fibromyalgia											0.5*
L	Tendinitis or capsulitis