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This study was undertaken to compare the prevalence of chondrocalcinosis in Chinese subjects with that in white subjects.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We recruited a random sample of Beijing residents ages \u226560 years. Participants underwent standard weight\u2010bearing anteroposterior knee radiography and posteroanterior hand radiography using the protocols developed in the Framingham Osteoarthritis Study. Radiographic chondrocalcinosis was defined as present in a knee or wrist when there was evidence of definite linear cartilage calcification. We compared the prevalence of chondrocalcinosis in Chinese subjects with that in white subjects using age\u2010standardized prevalence ratios. We used identical methods to collect samples of tap water from 2 cities and measured their levels of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate in the same laboratory.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Chinese subjects had a much lower prevalence of knee chondrocalcinosis (1.8% in men, 2.7% in women) than did white subjects (6.2% in men, 7.7% in women), with the age\u2010standardized prevalence ratio being 0.34 (95% confidence interval [95% CI] 0.20\u20130.54) and 0.43 (95% CI 0.31\u20130.59) in men and women, respectively. Wrist chondrocalcinosis was rare in elderly Chinese subjects (prevalence 0.3% in men and 1.0% in women), with the age\u2010standardized prevalence ratio being 0.06 (95% CI 0.01\u20130.18) in Chinese men and 0.18 (95% CI 0.10\u20130.30) in Chinese women. Calcium levels in the tap water in Beijing were 15\u2010fold higher than in Framingham, whereas no difference was found in magnesium and phosphate levels.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Knee chondrocalcinosis and wrist chondrocalcinosis are far less common in Chinese subjects in Beijing than in US white subjects in Framingham, Massachusetts. 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