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 2

Characteristics of the NHISS DB-derived population with OA.

ParametersValues
MenWomen

Total patients with OA7231365
Average age (years)54.5154.73
BMI (kg/m2)24.4225.50
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)199.84211.37
SGOT_AST (U/L)31.0625.81
SGPT_ALT (U/L)29.9723.83
Gamma_GTP (U/L)63.8523.21

Patients with KSCDCD-derived codes M17 and M17.1–M17.9 were extracted from the NHISS DB. NHISS DB, National Health Insurance Sharing Service database; KSCDCD, Korean Standard Classification of Disease and Causes of Death; OA, osteoarthritis; 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.