Do Comorbidities Play a Role in Hand Osteoarthritis Disease Burden? Data from the Hand Osteoarthritis in Secondary Care Cohort

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Corrected Table 2.

Prevalence of generalized osteoarthritis (OA) in a hand OA population (n = 538) in secondary care.

Generalized OA
Knee and/or hip OA, no. patients (%)	227	(43)
Knee OA
Fulfilling ACR criteria, 1 knee	89	(17)
Fulfilling ACR criteria, both knees	83	(16)
Prosthesis, 1 or both knees^{^}	25	(5)
Hip OA
Fulfilling ACR criteria, 1 hip	24	(5)
Fulfilling ACR criteria, both hips	12	(2)
Prosthesis, 1 or both hips^{^}	22	(4)

↵^ Nine patients and 1 patient, respectively, had a prosthesis in 1 knee or hip and fulfilled ACR criteria on the other side; these patients are in the prosthesis groups. ACR: American College of Rheumatology.