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Table 1 Socio-demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics of the 107 patients

From: Vitamin D and its association with symptom severity in knee osteoarthritis: a cross sectional study at a national referral hospital in Uganda

Variable

Frequency (N = 107)

n

Percentage (%)

Age in years

 > 50

83

77.6

 < 50

24

22.4

Sex

Female

92

86

Maile

15

14

Occupation

 

Employed

56

52.3

Clinical characteristics

Family history of osteoarthritis

Yes

41

38.3

Chronic disease

Diabetes

60

56.1

Hypertension

16

15

Calcium supplementation

No

98

91.6

Vitamin D supplementation

No

107

100

Body mass index

Overweight (25–29.9)

34

31.8

Obese (≥ 30)

52

48.6

Laboratory characteristics

Serum calcium levels

Sufficient

88

82.2

Serum vitamin D (ng/ml)

Sufficient (≥ 30)

38

35.5

Insufficient (20–29)

54

50.5

Deficient (< 20)

15

14.0