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ASSESS YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Based on your understanding of musculoskeletal disparities, please answer the following
questions.
1.
When assessing the lifetime risk of having diagnosed symptomatic knee OA, Losina and
associates found that the group with the highest risk was:
A. Black females.
B. Black males.
C. Hispanic/Latina females.
D. White males.
2.
Which patients are least likely to have total knee arthroplasty?
A. Blacks over age 65
B. Blacks under age 65
C. Hispanic/Latina females
D. Women with high BMI and waist circumference
3.
What percentage of arthritis sufferers are women?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 61%
D. 75%
FEEDBACK
1.
A – Black females. Losina and colleagues found that the lifetime risk of diagnosed
symptomatic knee OA ranged from 10% among White males to 17% among Black
females and noted that high obesity rates in the Black female population impacted these
risks.
2.
A – Blacks over age 65. A number of studies document lower rates of arthritis-related
hip/knee surgeries for older Black versus White adults age 65 or above. However,
utilization rates for Black versus White under age 65 do not differ.
3.
C – 61% of arthritis sufferers are women.