First author Publ. year Country | Study design / Population /Method of collection | Sample size | Crude response rate (%) | Outcome definition | Outcome assessment method | Prevalence period | Age | Prevalence* (95% CI) | Risk of bias | |||||
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Total | M | F | M | F | Total | |||||||||
Knee, symptomatic | Carmona [11] 2001 Spain | (20+ yo), a stratified multistage cluster sample from the censuses of 20 municipalities. Postal questionnaire + interview (rheumatologist) | 2192 | 1014 | 1178 | 73 | ACR clinical criteria | Self report | Point | 60-69 | 28.1 | L | ||
70-79 | 33.7 | |||||||||||||
80+ | 21.3 | |||||||||||||
Knee, symptomatic | Fernandez-Lopez [25] 2008 Spain | 2000, (20+ yo), stratified poly-stage cluster sampling from 20 city censuses, home visit questionnaire + interview (rheumatologist) | 2192 | 1014 | 1178 | 73 | ACR clinical criteria | Self report | Point | 60-69 | 18.1 | 37.2 | 28.1 | L |
70-79 | 16.7 | 44.1 | 33.7 | |||||||||||
80+ | 14.3 | 25.5 | 21.3 | |||||||||||
Knee, symptomatic | Mannoni [30] 2003 Italy | 1995, (65+ yo), the entire population of 65+ yo in Dicomano (The ICARe Dicomano study). Home interview and examination (geriatrician) | 697 | 406 | 291 | 81 | ACR clinical criteria | Clinical examination | Point | 65+ | 29.8 | L | ||
Knee, symptomatic | Picavet [18] 2003 The Netherlands | 1998, (25+ yo), a 6 months follow-up on a baseline stratified random sample taken from the population register (the DMC3-study). Postal questionnaire | 2338 | ? | ? | 85 | "Please indicate whether a physician or medical specialist has ever told you that you have one or more of the following diseases [OA]” | Self report | Point | 65-74 | 27 | H | ||
75+ | 28 | |||||||||||||
Knee, radiographic | Jordan [27] 2007 USA | 1991-7, (45+ yo), stratified simple random sampling of streets as primary sampling units and stratified subsampling of Caucasian women age 65 years or older residents of one of 6 townships (the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project). Home interview and clinical examination | 3690 | ? | ? | 72 | K-L ≥2 | Radiograph | Point | 65-74 | 36.1 (33.8-38.6) | U | ||
75+ | 49.9 (45.4-54.4) | |||||||||||||
Knee, radiographic | Kim [28] 2010 South Korea | 2007, (50+ yo), a follow-up study of a random proportional sample from the Korean National Census of elderly community residents in Chuncheon city. Home interview, Questionnaire and examination | 504 | 230 | 274 | 55 | K-L ≥2 | Radiograph | Point | 60-69 | 4 | 40 | 26 | U |
70-79 | 18 | 65 | 42 | |||||||||||
80-89 | 34 | 98 | 65 | |||||||||||
Knee, radiographic | Muraki [31] 2009 Japan | 2002, (65+ yo), random samples of community-dwelling people from listings of resident registration in three communities (Itabashi-ku, Hidakagawa-cho, Taiji-cho). Interview, Questionnaire and examination | 2282 | 817 | 1465 | 29-76 | K-L ≥2 | Radiograph | Point | 65-69 | 42 | 61 | U | |
70-74 | 46 | 71 | ||||||||||||
75-79 | 51 | 74 | ||||||||||||
80+ | 53 | 81 | ||||||||||||
Knee, radiographic | Sudo [32] 2008 Japan | (65+ yo), all community inhabitants recruited in Miyagawa village, in central Mie Prefecture. Questionnaire and interview (hospital) | 598 | 205 | 393 | 40 | K-L ≥2 | Radiograph | Point | 65-74 | 14 | 33 | U | |
75-84 | 26 | 41 | ||||||||||||
85+ | 23 | 47 | ||||||||||||
Knee, radiographic | Yoshida [34] 2002 Japan | 2000, (40+ yo), all women identified by the municipal electroral list of Oshima town, Nagasaki (The Hizen-Oshima Study). examination | 586 | 586 | 30 | K-L ≥2 | Radiograph | Point | 63-69 | 35.8 | U | |||
70-79 | 54.0 | |||||||||||||
80-89 | 63.3 | |||||||||||||
Knee, radiographic | Yoshimura [33] 2009 Japan | 2005-7, (40+ yo), recruited from the resident-registration lists of the Hidakagawa & Taiji regions or from a randomly selected cohort study from the Itabashi (Tokyo) Ward resident registration database (the ROAD study). Examination | 3040 | 1061 | 1979 | 76 | K-L ≥2 | Radiograph | Point | 60-69 | 35.2 | 57.1 | U | |
70-79 | 48.2 | 71.9 | ||||||||||||
80+ | 51.6 | 80.7 | ||||||||||||
Knee, symptomatic + radiographic | Andrianakos [23] 2006 Greece | 1966-99, (19+ yo), the total adult population in 7 mixed communities + random sample in another 2 mixed communities (the ESORDIG study). Interview, Questionnaire and examination (home visit, rheumatologist) | 8740 | 4269 | 4471 | 82 | ACR clinical criteria + radiograph (unknown definition) | Self report + radiograph | Point | 60-64 | 5.4 | 21.4 | 13.3 | L |
65-69 | 8.4 | 21.1 | 15.3 | |||||||||||
70-74 | 11.7 | 28.0 | 20.4 | |||||||||||
75-79 | 19.3 | 33.3 | 27.6 | |||||||||||
80+ | 27.2 | 27.2 | 22.5 | |||||||||||
Knee, symptomatic + radiographic | Sudo [32] 2008 Japan | (65+ yo), all community inhabitants recruited in Miyagawa village, in central Mie Prefecture. Questionnaire and interview (hospital) | 598 | 205 | 393 | 40 | Questionnaire (no additional information) + K-L ≥2 | Self report + radiograph | Point | 65-74 | 8 | 26 | U | |
75-84 | 17 | 28 | ||||||||||||
85+ | 16 | 31 | ||||||||||||
Knee, symptomatic + radiographic | Jordan [27] 2007 USA | 1991-7, (45+ yo), stratified simple random sampling of streets as primary sampling units and stratified subsampling of Caucasian women age 65 years or older residents of one of 6 townships (the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project). Home interview + clinical examination | 3690 | ? | ? | 72 | “On most days, do you have pain, aching, or stiffness in your (right, left) knee?” + K-L ≥2 | Self report + radiograph | Point | 65-74 | 20.8 28.8-23.0) | U | ||
75+ | 32.8 (29.5-36.3) | |||||||||||||
Knee, symptomatic + radiographic | Kim [28] 2010 South Korea | 2007, (50+ yo), a follow-up study of a random proportional sample from the Korean National Census of elderly community residents in Chuncheon city. Home interview, Questionnaire and examination | 504 | 230 | 274 | 55 | “Have you experienced pain, aching, or stiffness lasting at least a month in a knee?” + K-L grade ≥2 | Self report + radiograph | Point | 60-69 | 2 | 27 | 17 | U |
70-79 | 9 | 48 | 28 | |||||||||||
80-89 | 12 | 63 | 38 | |||||||||||
76-94 | 18.7 | |||||||||||||
Knee, symptomatic + radiographic | Muraki [31] 2009 Japan | 2002, (65+ yo), random samples of community-dwelling people from listings of resident registration in three communities (Itabashi-ku, Hidakagawa-cho, Taiji-cho). Interview, Questionnaire and examination | 2282 | 817 | 1465 | 29-76 | Knee pain lasting at least 1 month with pain having last occurred within the current or previous year + K-L ≥2 | Self report + radiograph | Point | 65-69 | 17 | 22 | U | |
70-74 | 15 | 36 | ||||||||||||
75-79 | 16 | 34 | ||||||||||||
80+ | 18 | 39 | ||||||||||||
Hand, symptomatic | Carmona [11] 2001 Spain | (20+ yo), a stratified multistage cluster sample from the censuses of 20 municipalities. Postal Questionnaire + Interview (rheumatologist) | 2192 | 1014 | 1178 | 73 | ACR clinical criteria | Self report | Point | 60-69 | 15.3 | L | ||
70-79 | 23.9 | |||||||||||||
80+ | 17.3 | |||||||||||||
Hand, symptomatic | Mannoni [37] 2003 Italy | 1995, (65+ yo), the entire population of 65+ yo in Dicomano (The ICARe Dicomano study). Home interview and examination (geriatician) | 697 | 406 | 291 | 81 | ACR clinical; criteria | Clinical examination | Point | 65+ | 14.9 | L | ||
Hand, radiographic | Dillon [24] 2007 USA | 1991-4, (60+ yo), a multistage, cluster and stratified representative sample of US civilians (NHANES III). Home Questionnaire and Interview, Examination in mobile examination centre | 2498 | ? | ? | 62 | NHANES III criteria, but with no history of persistent symptoms | Self report + clinical examination | Point | 60-69 | 31.5 | L | ||
70-79 | 43.9 | |||||||||||||
80+ | 41.2 | |||||||||||||
Hand, radiographic | Haugen [26] 2011 Norway | 1992-5 & 2002–5, (28–92 yo), baseline data from the 1992–5 Community cohort of the Framingham Heart Study selected through random-digit dialing and from the 2002–5 Offspring cohort, Massachusetts. Postal questionnaire + examination | 2300 | ? | ? | 43 | Modified K-L grade ≥2 (2 = mild HOA, i.e. small OP(s) and/or mild JSN, sclerosis may be present) | Radiograph | Point | 60-64 | 56 | 63 | U | |
65-69 | 71 | 82 | ||||||||||||
70-74 | 78 | 91 | ||||||||||||
75-79 | 72 | 92 | ||||||||||||
80+ | 96 | 100 | ||||||||||||
Hand, radiographic | Kwok [29] 2011 The Netherlands | 1997-3, (55+ yo), responders from follow-up of 1990–3 random sample of inhabitants living in the Ommoord district, Rotterdam (the Rotterdam Study). Questionnaire and Interview (home), Examination | 3430 | 1509 | 1921 | 43 | ‘Mild’ OA defined as KL grade ≥2 in at least one finger joint | Radiograph | Point | 65-74 | 56.3 | 68.4 | 62.9 | U |
75-84 | 63.3 | 78.9 | 72.8 | |||||||||||
85+ | 66.7 | 68.4 | 67.9 | |||||||||||
Hand, symptomatic + radiographic | Andrianakos [23] 2006 Greece | 1966-99, (19+ yo), the total adult population in 7 mixed communities + random sample in another 2 mixed communities (the ESORDIG study). Interview, Questionnaire and examination (home visit, rheumatologist). | 8740 | 4269 | 4471 | 82 | ACR clinical criteria + radiograph (unknown definition) | Self report + radiograph | Point | 60-64 | 0.9 | 7.0 | 3.9 | L |
65-69 | 2.1 | 8.8 | 5.7 | |||||||||||
70-74 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 5.8 | |||||||||||
75-79 | 4.0 | 8.1 | 6.5 | |||||||||||
80+ | 1.8 | 5.5 | 4.2 | |||||||||||
Hand, symptomatic + radiographic | Dillon [24] 2007 USA | 1991-4, (60+ yo), a multistage, cluster and stratified representative sample of US civilians (NHANES III). Home Questionnaire and Interview, Examination (mobile examination centre). | 2498 | ? | ? | 62 | NHANES III criteria | Self report + clinical examination | Point | 60-69 | 6.1 | L | ||
70-79 | 9.9 | |||||||||||||
80+ | 9.7 | |||||||||||||
Hand, symptomatic + radiographic | Kwok [29] 2011 The Netherlands | 1997-3, (55+ yo), responders from follow-up of 1990–3 random sample of inhabitants living in the Ommoord district, Rotterdam (the Rotterdam Study). Questionnaire and Interview (home), Examination | 3430 | 1509 | 1921 | 43 | ‘Did you have any pain in the right or left hand during the last month?’ + ‘Mild’ OA defined as KL grade ≥2 in at least one finger joint | Self report + radiograph | Point | 65-74 | 6.1 | 18.9 | 13.1 | U |
75-84 | 5.3 | 14.2 | 10.7 | |||||||||||
85+ | 0.0 | 21.1 | 14.3 | |||||||||||
Hand, symptomatic + radiographic | Zhang [36] 2002 USA | 1992-3, (71+ yo), all participants from the original cohort in 1948 aged 26–62 (the Framingham Study). Questionnaire and Interview, Examination | 1032 | 369 | 663 | 89 | “On most days, do you have pain, aching, or stiffness in any of your joints?” + K-L ≥2 | Self report + radiograph | Point | 71-74 | 16.4 | 27.2 | U | |
75-79 | 11.9 | 26.1 | ||||||||||||
80+ | 13.5 | 26.0 | ||||||||||||
Hip, symptomatic | Picavet [18] 2003 The Netherlands | 1998, (25+ yo), a 6 months follow-up on a baseline stratified random sample taken from the population register (the DMC3-study). Postal questionnaire | 2338 | ? | ? | 85 | "Please indicate whether a physician or medical specialist has ever told you that you have one or more of the following diseases [OA]” | Self report | Life time | 65-74 | 17 | H | ||
75+ | 22 | |||||||||||||
Hip, symptomatic | Mannoni [37] 2003 Italy | 1995, (65+ yo), the entire population of 65+ yo in Dicomano (The ICARe Dicomano study). Interview and examination (home visit, geriatrician) | 697 | 406 | 291 | 81 | ACR clinical criteria | Clinical examination | Point | 65+ | 7.7 | L | ||
Hip, symptomatic + radiographic | Andrianakos [23] 2006 Greece | 1966-99, (19+ yo), the total adult population in 7 mixed communities + random sample in another 2 mixed communities (the ESORDIG study). Interview, Questionnaire and examination (home visit, geriatrician) | 8740 | 4269 | 4471 | 82 | ACR clinical criteria + radiograph (unknown definition) | Self report + radiograph | Point | 60-64 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 2.1 | L |
65-69 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 2.4 | |||||||||||
70-74 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 2.6 | |||||||||||
75-79 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 3.0 | |||||||||||
80+ | 0.6 | 2.8 | 1.8 | |||||||||||
Lumbar spine radiographic | Yoshimura [33] 2009 Japan | 2005-7, (40+ yo), recruited from the resident-registration lists of the Hidakagawa & Taiji regions or from a randomly selected cohort study from the Itabashi (Tokyo) Ward resident registration database (the ROAD study). Examination | 3040 | 1061 | 1979 | 76 | K-L ≥3 | Radiograph | Point | 60-69 | 74.6 | 64.3 | U | |
70-79 | 85.3 | 76.1 | ||||||||||||
80+ | 89.9 | 79.6 | ||||||||||||
Lumbar spine radiographic | Yoshimura [35] 2009 Japan | 1990, (40-79yo), all inhabitants from the register of residents in Miyama village were invited (the Miyama Study). Examination | 400 | 200 | 200 | 100 | K-L ≥3 | Radiograph | Point | 60-69 | 39.6 | 38.0 | U | |
70-79 | 38.3 | 34.7 |