Ebong W W
Ann Rheum Dis. 1985 Oct;44(10):682-4. doi: 10.1136/ard.44.10.682.
Eighty-one patients with 116 osteoarthritic knees were seen by the author at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan in six years. Below the age of 50 the disease was significantly commoner among Nigerians than Caucasians; 39.5% of our patients were less than 50 years old, compared with 1.1% of Caucasians. In contrast with the latter group, trauma was apparently an insignificant predisposing factor of knee degeneration in our patients. In some cases osteoarthritis was associated with severe valgus deformity in rather young patients, suggesting a probable causal relationship. Multiple joint osteoarthritis was significantly less common in Nigerians than in Caucasians.
六年间,作者在伊巴丹大学学院医院(UCH)诊治了81例患者的116个患骨关节炎的膝关节。50岁以下人群中,尼日利亚人患该病的比例明显高于高加索人;我们的患者中有39.5%年龄小于50岁,而高加索人中这一比例为1.1%。与后者不同,在我们的患者中,创伤显然不是膝关节退变的重要诱发因素。在一些病例中,骨关节炎与相当年轻患者的严重外翻畸形有关,提示可能存在因果关系。尼日利亚人多关节骨关节炎的发生率明显低于高加索人。