Research Article

Association of the Risk of Osteoarthritis and Hypertension in the Korean Adult Population Aged 40–59 in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women: Using Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2012–2016 Data

Table 1

Characteristics of the groups with and without OA.

CharacteristicsNon-OA (n = 4,148)
n (%)
OA (n = 479)
n (%)

Age (years)40–492141 (51.6)77 (16.1)
50–592007 (48.4)402 (83.9)

SmokingSmoking208 (5.0)29 (6.1)
Past142 (3.4)26 (5.5)
Nonsmoking3781 (91.5)421 (88.4)

Alcohol consumptionNo538 (13.0)65 (13.7)
<1/ma1772 (42.9)215 (45.1)
>1/ma1823 (44.1)196 (41.2)

MenopauseNo2289 (55.2)104 (21.7)
Yes1859 (44.8)375 (78.3)

HypertensionNo3604 (86.9)350 (73.1)
Yes544 (13.1)129 (26.9)

BMI (Kg/m2)Low (<18.5)138 (3.3)8 (1.7)
Normal (18.5 to <25)2884 (69.6)242 (50.5)
Obesity (≥25)1119 (27.0)229 (47.8)

ClinicalMean (SD)Mean (SD)
Age (years)49.2 (5.7)53.9 (4.3)
EQ-5D1.0 (0.1)0.9 (0.1)
SBP (mmHg)114.7 (15.9)119.3 (17.0)
DBP (mmHg)75.2 (9.7)77.1 (10.1)
FBS (mg/dL)97.8 (21.6)101.0 (27.5)
TG (mg/dL)118.7 (91.7)134.3 (88.4)
Chol (mg/dL)197.0 (35.0)204.3 (38.1)
HDL-C (mg/dL)54.6 (12.4)53.7 (13.4)
AST (IU/L)21.0 (10.0)23.0 (16.1)
ALT (IU/L)18.8 (14.7)21.3 (15.9)
CREA (mg/dL)0.7 (0.2)0.7 (0.1)

SD: standard deviation; OA: osteoarthritis; EQ-5D: euro quality of life-5 dimensions; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FBS: fasting blood sugar; TG: triglyceride; Chol: cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; CREA: creatinine. a1/m = 1 glass per month.