| Characteristic | No. (%)* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with osteoarthritis n = 29 562† | Patients without osteoarthritis n = 207 610† | |||
| Age, yr, mean ± SD | 67.4 | (13.4) | 53.5 | (15.7) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 10 807 | (36.6) | 76 265 | (42.8) |
| Female | 18 755 | (63.4) | 101 783 | (57.2) |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 22 094 | (76.0) | 133 508 | (77.3) |
| Rural | 6 979 | (24.0) | 39 137 | (22.7) |
| No. of comorbid conditions† | ||||
| 0 | 9 549 | (32.3) | 101 470 | (57.0) |
| 1 | 11 658 | (39.4) | 54 393 | (30.6) |
| 2 | 6 086 | (20.6) | 17 802 | (10.0) |
| 3 | 1 840 | (6.2) | 3 766 | (2.1) |
| ≥ 4 | 429 | (1.5) | 617 | (0.3) |
Note: SD = standard deviation. *Unless stated otherwise. †Limited to other conditions for which the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network has validated algorithms (i.e., hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, depression, epilepsy, Parkinson disease and dementia).