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Common Causes of Osteoarthritis

Gender

Osteoarthritis affects women and men differently; it also affects certain regions of the knee. Women are at higher risks of having it compared to men. Men are three times more likely to go through knee or hip arthroplasty. Men generally exercise more than women; differences in anatomical features also contribute to the disparities in OA presentation in men and women; these features are; slimmer patellae, borrower femurs, more significant quadriceps angle and disparities in the condylar size of the tibia. Women have an elevated risk of tibiofemoral cartilage deformities—estrogen replacement [3] treatment help to decrease the probability of a woman having osteoarthritis. Progression of the health care system will help to understand the sex and gender-associated incongruity in osteoarthritis properly.