Table 5 Prevalence of fabellae among different reports.

From: Fabellar prevalence, degeneration and association with knee osteoarthritis in the Chinese population

Author

Year

Ethnic group

Method

Ages

Fabella/knee

Incidence

Silva4

2010

Caucasian (Brazil)

Cadaver

38–78 y

2/64

3.1

Kaplan21

1961

Caucasian (America)

Cadaver

NA

10/135

8.7

Raheem22

2007

Caucasian (Ireland)

Cadaver

84 ± 8.1 ya

2/22

9.1

Phukubye29

2011

Caucasian and African

Cadaver

40–95 y

18/102

17.6

Yu23

1996

Caucasian (America)

MRI

12–72 y

19/100

19.0

Terry24

1996

Caucasian (Georgia)

Radiography

NA

5/25

20

Egerci31

2016

Caucasian (Turkey)

Radiography

18–90 y

228/1000

22.8

Pritchett7

1984

Caucasian (America)

Radiography

31–87 y*

252/972

25.9

Hauser2

2015

European (Switzerland)

CT

20–104 y

105/400

26.3

Ehara26

2014

Asian (Japan)

MRI

4–89 y

200/653

30.6

Sarin20

1999

Caucasian (America)

Radiography

19–84 y

45/112

31.3

Chew27

2014

Asian (Singapore)

Radiography and MRI

14–55 y

25/80

31.3

Piyawinijwong25

2012

Asian (Thailand)

Cadaver

30–97 y

144/372

38.7

Present study

2017

Asian (China)

Radiograph

21 m†–86 y

660/1359

48.6

Tabira30

2013

Asian (Japan)

Cadaver

74.5 ± 12.3 ya

70/102

68.6

Minowa6

2004

Asian (Japan)

Cadaver

54–98 y

182/212

85.8

Zeng5

2012

Asian (China)

Cadaver and Radiography

64–83 y

53/61

86.9

Kawashima3

2007

Asian (Japan)

Cadaver

66–100 y

69/75

92.0

  1. y* Denotes years;
  2. m† Denotes months;
  3. aDenotes mean ± SD.