title: Acetabular dysplasia as an aetiological factor in development of hip osteoarthritis.
abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the relation between acetabular dysplasia (AD) of the hip and risk for development of hip osteoarthritis (OA) in a Sámi population with very high prevalence of AD (38%). A population-based survey was conducted in a main Sámi area in Norway. A total of 315 middle-aged subjects were examined clinically and radiologically and were regarded as a random sample of 836 responders from a general health survey. The results demonstrated that 6.8% of the Sámi population had OA. The logistic regression analyses did not show a significant association between AD and OA. Only age had a statistically significant influence on OA. In this middle-aged Sámi population, there is no evidence for the influence of AD on the development of hip OA.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Sámi Health Research, Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway. Knut.johnsen@unn.no
authors.forename: Knut
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Johnsen
authors.forename: Rasmus
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goll
authors.forename: Olav
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Reikerås
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000208:ethnology; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult