Research Article

Severity of Osteoarthritis Is Associated with Increased Arterial Stiffness

Table 1

General parameters of the osteoarthritis patients and the controls.

VariableOsteoarthritis ()Controls () value

Age (years)62 ± 760 ± 70.066
Male/female ()35/3536/340.866
BMI (kg/m2)28 ± 326 ± 30.001
Waist circumference (cm)96 ± 988 ± 11<0.001
Hip circumference (cm)104 ± 7102 ± 60.033
W/H-ratio0.92 ± 0.080.87 ± 0.090.001
Smoking (, %)0.127
 Current smoker15 (22)8 (11)
 Former smoker4 (6)9 (13)
 Nonsmoker50 (72)53 (76)
Involved joint ()
 Hip410
 Knee290
Harris Hip Score37 (32–48)100 (100–100)<0.001
HSS Knee Score62 (49–65)100 (100–100)<0.001

BMI: body mass index, W/H-ratio: waist-to-hip ratio, and HSS: Hospital for Special Surgery.
The values are expressed as means ± SD or medians (with interquartile range).