title: Prevalence of large-joint osteoarthritis in Asian and Caucasian skeletal populations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine ethnic variations of large-joint osteoarthritis (OA) in past populations.
  
  
  METHODS
  One thousand two hundred and nine adult skeletons, excavated from archaeological sites in Japan, China and France were assessed for OA as defined by the presence of eburnation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Within Asian skeletal populations, elbow OA and patellofemoral joint OA were more common in hunter-gatherers than in agriculturalists. Compared with Caucasians, the Asian skeletal population had a higher prevalence of tibiofemoral joint OA.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The relative frequencies of OA within and between ethnic groups at certain joint sites have changed over time from the past to the present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hukuda
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fardellon
authors.forename: Z Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ushiyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saruhashi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mayeda
authors.forename: I
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authors.lastname: Catteddu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Obry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history*; D010164:Paleopathology; D015995:Prevalence; D012863:Skeleton; D044465:White People