Abstract:Objective??To analyze the relationship between symptomatic knee osteoarthritis and hip fracture in Chinese middle-aged and elderly population.?Methods?Based on China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study in 2015, Logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between symptomatic knee osteoarthritis and hip fracture, and the results were further analyzed according to gender, age and body mass index (BMI) subgroups.?Results?A total of 17830 subjects (8405 males and 9425 females) were included in the analysis, with 20.52% of the participants aged ≥?70. Average BMI of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis participants and non-symptomatic knee osteoarthritis participants were (23.9?±?3.9) kg/m2 and (23.8?±?3.7) kg/m2, respectively. There were significant differences in gender, age, BMI, education level, history of drinking, smoking, fall and underlying diseases between symptomatic knee osteoarthritis participants and non-symptomatic knee osteoarthritis participants. The odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence interval [CI]) of hip fracture in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis patients to that in non-symptomatic knee osteoarthritis individuals was 2.56 (2.01, 3.26). Adjusted for age, gender and BMI, symptomatic knee osteoarthritis [OR?=?2.81, (95% CI: 2.14, 3.69)] was a risk factor of hip fracture. Adjusted for multiple factors (age, gender, BMI, education level, history of smoking, drinking, fall, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, chronic lung disease, stroke and malignant tumors), symptomatic knee osteoarthritis [OR?=?2.20, (95% CI: 1.64, 2.96)] was still a risk factor of hip fracture. Besides, the results of subgroup analyses of gender, age and BMI as well indicated that symptomatic knee osteoarthritis was a risk factor for hip fracture.?Conclusions?The prevalence of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis is positively correlated with that of hip fracture among Chinese middle-aged and elderly population, which indicates that these two diseases often coexist in the Chinese population. This finding provides a theoretical basis for further elucidating on the potential causal relationship between the two diseases and exploring their potential prevention and treatment targets.