Stem cell application for osteoarthritis in the knee joint: A minireview

Table 1 Worldwide prevalence (2005) of knee osteoarthritis

	Knee OA prevalence
Europe
Western	0.1689
Central	0.1889
Eastern	0.1914
Asia
Middle East	0.1764
South	0.1563
East	0.1683
Southeast	0.1704
Central	0.1854
Pacific	0.1704
Africa
North	0.1764
West Sub-Saharan	0.1574
East Sub-Saharan	0.1544
Central Sub-Saharan	0.1528
South	0.1822
Australia and Oceania
Australia	0.1736
Oceania	0.1813
North America
United States and Canada	0.1792
Central America	0.1777
Caribbean	0.1756
South America
Andean	0.1751
Tropical	0.1691
Southern	0.1693

Combined value for male and female, aged 30-100 (Data adapted from March et al[10]). OA: Osteoarthritis.