Table 1 Descriptive characteristics, individual level

From: Shared genetic factors between osteoarthritis and cardiovascular disease may underlie common etiology

  

Members of pairs concordant for two traits

 

All

Any-site OA and any of CVDs

Any-site OA and card. Arr.

Any-site OA and CHD

Any-site OA and heart failure

Any-site OA and stroke

Hip OA and any of CVDs

Knee OA and any of CVDs

Nr of pairs

N = 29985

N = 145

N = 39

N = 49

N = 15

N = 18

N = 38

N = 44

Nr of individuals

N = 59 970

N = 290

N = 78

N = 98

N = 30

N = 36

N = 76

N = 88

Age at start of follow-up, mean (SD)

48 (16)

61 (10)

59 (8)

59 (9)

67 (7)

68 (8)

63 (9)

61 (9)

Sex, n

32421

140

38

37

17

20

43

35

%

54

48

49

38

57

56

57

40

College/university (>1 years), n

16963

56

22

23

4

6

15

15

%

28

19

28

23

13

17

20

17

BMI, mean (SD)*

22.8 (5.9)

25.3 (4.5)

25.4 (4.4)

25.8 (4.2)

26.1 (4.5)

23.4 (6.4)

24.7 (4.6)

26.6 (3.2)

Overweight, ≥25 kg/m2, n

17854

149

39

58

17

16

33

60

%

30

51

50

59

57

44

43

68

Current/former regular smoker, n

33380

154

45

51

23

15

39

44

%

57

53

58

52

77

42

51

50

Physically inactive, n

25757

129

38

46

16

16

16

36

%

62

62

60

67

64

62

65

53

  1. OA osteoarthritis, CVD cardiovascular disease, CHD coronary heart disease, SD standard deviation, MZ monozygotic, DZ dizygotic. *BMI data is missing for 8.05% of study population, smoking data is missing for 2.12% of individuals, physical activity data is missing for 30.5% of individuals.
Back to article page