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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Efficacy of low-dose radiotherapy in painful gonarthritis: experiences from a retrospective East German bicenter study

Item

N=

%

Gender

  

Male

316/1037

30.5

Female

721/1037

69.5

Age group

  

≤ 60 years

319/1037

30.8

> 60 years

718/1037

69.2

Severity

  

Minimal

119/651

18.3

Moderate

228/651

35.0

Severe

304/651

46.7

Duration of pain

  

< 1 year

213/867

24.6

1 – 3 years

215/867

24.8

> 3 years

439/867

50.6

  1. Clinical data of 1037 patients with painful osteoarthritis of the knee who underwent radiotherapy between 1981 and 2008.