Risk Factor Involved in Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA)

Clinical study regarding the incidence and severity of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in a certain area from South-Eastern Europe. Aim of the clinical study: to determine the KOA grade through X-Ray studies, to perform nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis to assess the KOA severity and to determine the level of significant parameters in the synovial liquid extracted from the patients presenting KOA.

Inclusion Criteria:male and female with knee pain (complaints); presented symptoms and clinical signs corresponding to KOA and had knee X-rays in the anteroposterior view and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) performed for setting the diagnosis with unilateral or bilateral knee pain; patients with clinically determined and recorded values of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), triglycerides and the glycemia in the clinical observation sheet.Exclusion Criteria:patients presenting lower limb arthroplasties; history of lower limb or pelvis fractures and previous knee surgery: ligamentoplasty, meniscectomy; inflammatory rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid polyarthritis; other major conditions like malignant illness.