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Table 1 Diagnoses per age category

From: Diagnosing knee osteoarthritis in patients, differences between general practitioners and orthopedic surgeons: a retrospective cohort study

 

Diagnosis

45–54

 N (%)

55–64

 N (%)

65–74

 N (%)

75–84

 N (%)

> 85

 N (%)

Total

N

Referral diagnosis

by GP*

osteoartritis

6 (12.5)

45 (51.7)

55 (64.7)

39 (83.0)

7 (87.5)

152

meniscal lesion

27 (56.2)

24 (27.5)

20 (23.5)

6 (12.8)

0 (0.0)

77

other diagnosis***

15 (31.2)

18 (20.6)

10 (11.8)

3 (4.2)

1 (12.5)

46

Outpatient clinic diagnosis

by OS**

osteoarthritis

21 (32.8)

73 (69.5)

78 (82.1)

47 (90.6)

10 (83.3)

229

meniscal lesion

23 (35.9)

15 (14.2)

7 (7.4)

2 (3.8)

0 (0.0)

47

other diagnosis****

20 (31.3)

17 (16.1)

10 (10.5)

4 (7.5)

2 (16.7)

53

  1. *General practitioner
  2. **Orthopedic surgeon
  3. ***other diagnosis include: anterior knee pain, cruciate ligament lesion, collateral ligament lesion, tendinopathies/myalgia, loose body, osteochondral lesion,, chondrocalcinosis,, Schwanoma, joint overuse, psoriatic arthritis, exostosis or findings secondary to intra-articular disease (e.g. Bake’s cyst, joint effusion)
  4. ****other diagnosis include:Anterior knee pain, intra-articular infection, cruciate ligament lesion, collateral ligament lesion, tendinopathies/myalgia, loose body, bone marrow edema, pigmented villonodular synovitis, osteochondral lesion, gout/rheumatic disease, chondrocalcinosis, Bakers cyst, Schwanoma,, exostosis, iliotibial band syndrome, hernia nucleus pulposus