Research Article

Evidence-Based Cutoff Threshold Values from Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve Analysis for Knee Osteoarthritis in the 50-Year-Old Korean Population: Analysis of Big Data from the National Health Insurance Sharing Service

Table 1

Characteristics of the NHISS DB-based population older than 40 years.

ParametersValues
MenWomen

Total analyzed population279,125235,740
Average age (years)56.6658.36
Follow-up years (years)2002–2013
BMI (kg/m2)23.9923.99
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)196.47203.08
SGOT_AST (U/L)28.3624.66
SGPT_ALT (U/L)29.1121.72
Gamma_GTP (U/L)52.0422.86

The total analyzed population from the NHISS DB showed sex differences in demographic characteristics. NHISS DB, National Health Insurance Sharing Service database; BMI, body mass index; SGOT_AST, serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and aspartate aminotransferase; SGPT_ALT, serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase and alanine aminotransaminase; Gamma_GTP, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase.