Correlation between life factors and Kaschin-Beck disease in Tibet residents

Objective To explore the correlation between living factors and Kasch in Beck disease for porviding scientific infarmation on Kasch in Beck disease prevention.Methods Aself designed questionnaire was administered in 905 participants to obtain information on general condition and living factorsn with face to face interview.The partic ipants were from Lhundup,Medro Gongkar county of Lhasa municipa lity,and Sangri county of Lhoka Region.Results The household in come was negatively correlated with Kaschin Beck disease(r=-1.106,P<0.01);99.5% of the Kadchin Bced disease patients were illiterate or with low education.Spearmans rank analysis showed that alcohol drinkng was positively correlated with Kasch in Beck diseas(r=0.191,P<0.05).The highest rate of Kasch in Beck disease was observed in the residents drinking spring water.Conclusion There is a colse link between the occurrence of Kashin Beck disease and living factors.