Research Article

Diabetes Is Associated with Musculoskeletal Pain, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 2

Musculoskeletal pain, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, and physical activity in participants with diabetes or without diabetes.

Diabetes ()No diabetes ()

Musculoskeletal pain
 Back/lower back pain5,411 (60.6)50,548 (51.4)
 Pain in the limbs6,628 (73.8)59,822 (60.7)
 Shoulder/neck pain4,978 (56.0)50,752 (51.5)
Rheumatic disease/arthritis
 Osteoarthritis3,679 (43.5)28,910 (29.4)
 Osteoporosis528 (6.4)4,765 (4.8)
 Rheumatoid arthritis1,219 (15.1)7,378 (7.6)
Physically active6,220 (71.6)83,431 (85.8)

Data are presented as number (%).