Table 1

Respondents' characteristics by prevalence of knee pain (N=5056)

Knee pain, N (%)
CharacteristicsOverallYesNop Value
Ethnicity<0.001
 Malay2512 (50.0)610 (24.3)1902 (75.7)
 Chinese2079 (41.4)311 (15.0)1768 (85.0)
 Indian434 (8.6)138 (31.8)296 (68.2)
Age (years)<0.001
 <30846 (16.8)129 (15.2)717 (84.8)
 31–401936 (38.3)392 (20.2)1544 (79.8)
 >402268 (44.9)546 (24.1)1722 (75.9)
Gender0.730
 Male2103 (41.8)440 (20.9)1663 (79.1)
 Female2926 (58.2)624 (21.3)2302 (78.7)
Residence<0.001
 Urban3250 (64.3)641 (19.7)2609 (80.3)
 Rural1806 (35.7)428 (23.7)1378 (76.3)
Education0.022
 Tertiary766 (32.2)302 (18.7)1310 (81.3)
 Secondary2631 (52.5)580 (22.0)2051 (78.0)
 Primary or non-formal1612 (15.3)172 (22.5)594 (77.5)
Employment status0.485
 Yes3208 (69.9)683 (21.3)2525 (78.7)
 No1382 (31.1)307 (22.2)1075 (77.8)