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Overview
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WHO TECHNICAL REPORT
SERIES - 919 ‘The Burden of Musculoskeletal
Conditions at the Start of the New Millennium’
contains the BHIGWAN COPCORD Data on prevalence
of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) & Osteoarthritis
(OA) amongst the Indian population. |
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Chopra A, Patil J, Billampelly
V, Relwani J, Tandale HS. The Bhigwan (India) COPCORD:
methodology and first information report. APLAR
J Rheumatology 1997; 1: 145-154. |
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Chopra A, Patil J, Billampelly
V, Relwani J, Tandale HS. Prevalence of Rheumatic
diseases in a rural population in Western India
.J Assoc Physicians India 2001(2); 49: 240-246. |
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Chopra A, Saluja M, Patil J, Tandale
HS. Pain and Disability, Perceptions and Beliefs
of a Rural Indian Population: A WHO-ILAR COPCORD
Study. The Journal of Rheumatology 2002; 29(3):
614-621. |
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
WHO TECHNICAL REPORT SERIES - 919 ‘The Burden of
Musculoskeletal Conditions at the Start of the New Millennium’
contains the BHIGWAN COPCORD Data on prevalence of Rheumatoid
Arthritis (RA) & Osteoarthritis (OA) amongst the Indian
population.
Prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis per 100 000
population in India
| Age
groups (years) |
| |
15
– 29 |
30
– 44 |
45
– 59 |
60
– 74 |
≥75 |
| Males |
- |
479 |
- |
1136 |
- |
| Females |
113 |
1639 |
1775 |
1914 |
3846 |
Source: A. Chopra, unpublished data from Bhigwan COPCORD
Study (India). |
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Osteoarthritis
WHO TECHNICAL REPORT SERIES - 919 ‘The Burden of
Musculoskeletal Conditions at the Start of the New Millennium’
contains the BHIGWAN COPCORD Data on prevalence of Rheumatoid
Arthritis (RA) & Osteoarthritis (OA) amongst the Indian
population.
Prevalence of osteoarthritis of the kneea per
100 000 population in India
| Age
groups (years) |
| |
15
– 24 |
25
– 34 |
35
– 44 |
45
– 59 |
60
– 69 |
70
- 79 |
≥80 |
| Males |
- |
- |
- |
4644 |
15385 |
20
000 |
6250 |
| Females |
- |
- |
2247 |
6587 |
14371 |
19
608 |
14
286 |
a Cases based on clinical ACR criteria (17).
Source: A. Chopra, unpublished data from Bhigwan COPCORD
Study (India). |
