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Risk Factors and Demographic Details in a Sample Population of Osteoarthritis Patients: An Observational Study

Mushtaq Ahmad Payer, Shiekh Mohmad, Junaid Nazir Dandroo

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Osteoarthritis is the third most leading cause of disease burden measured as disability adjusted life years (DALY) worldwide and is assumed that over years it will be a major economic burden over society. This condition usually occurs by a slow progression of degeneration of articular cartilage in the underlying bone at the joint margins. As per Unani system of medicine, derangement of four humours is responsible for occurrence of disease. The present study was carried out at Majeedia Hospital & Department of Moalejat, Faculty of Medicine, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. The main aim of the study was to observe the risk factors and demographic details in a sample population of patients of osteoarthritis. Our observations were based on age, sex, religion, occupation, dietary habits, smoking habits, BMI and Mizaj. Although obese and overweight individuals are more prone to development of osteoarthritis, but in this study, maximum number of patients were having normal BMI. Maximum patients (90%) in this study were non-smokers as majority of patients were females.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijorn.v8i2.2288

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