Prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions and related disabilities in Bangladeshi adults: a cross-sectional national survey

Table 2 Prevalence and 95% confidence interval (CI) of musculoskeletal conditions in adults, cross-sectional national survey in Bangladesh, 2015^a

Rheumatic	Men (n = 892)			Women (n = 951)			Both Sexes (n = 1843)^a
Disorders	n	%	95% CI	n	%	95% CI	n	%	95% CI
Rheumatoid arthritis	6	0.7	0.1–1.2	23	2.4	1.4–3.4	29	1.6	1.1–2.3
Spondyloarthropathy	13	1.5	0.7–2.2	10	1.1	0.4–1.7	23	1.3	0.8–1.9
Knee osteoarthritis	60	6.7	5.1–8.4	74	7.8	6.1–9.5	134	7.3	6.2–8.6
Low back pain^b	126	14.1	12.1–16.7	217	22.8	20.3–25.6	343	18.6	16.9–20.5
Cervical spondylosis	14	1.6	0.8–2.4	11	1.2	0.5–1.8	25	1.4	0.8–1.9
Soft tissue rheumatism^c	23	2.6	1.5–3.6	47	4.9	3.6–6.3	70	3.8	3.0–4.8
Adhesive capsulitis of shoulder joint	10	1.1	0.4–1.8	16	1.7	0.9–2.5	26	1.4	1.0–2.1
Connective tissue disorder	1	0.1	0–0.3	5	0.5	0.1–1.0	6	0.3	0.2–0.7
Other noninflammatory^d	31	3.5	2.3–4.7	31	3.3	2.1–4.4	62	3.4	2.6–4.3
Other inflammatory^e	7	0.8	0.2–1.4	14	1.5	0.7–2.2	21	1.1	0.8–1.7
Any rheumatic disorder	225	25.2	22.4–28.1	336	35.3	32.3–38.4	561	30.4	28.3–32.5

Prevalence shown in bold face having non-overlapping CIs are significantly different (P < 0.05) between sexes;
^aMultiple diagnosis in 192 patients. Therefore, the total of diseases exceeds 561;
^bThis category includes lumbar spondylosis also because accurate differentiation was not feasible in the field situation, investigation facility, etc.;
^cThis includes subacromial bursitis, epicondylitis, trochanteric bursitis, anserine bursitis, and fibromyalgia;
^dOsteoarthritis of hip, osteoarthritis of hands, traumatic arthritis, traumatic fracture related condition, trauma of ligaments and soft issue, vague symptoms of myalgia and muscle spasm, vertebral spine related sciatica, vertebral scoliosis, ill-defined rheumatic syndromes;
^eMonoarthritis, oligoarthritis, polyarthritis, gout, palindromic rheumatism, adult Still’s disease, vasculitis, primary Sjogren syndrome

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