Table 3.
Results of the multiple regression analyses for predicting arthroscopic intervention and the length of a long-term effect of the intra-articular injection.
| Arthroscopic intervention |
Effect of the intra-articular injection |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-value | Exp(B) (95%CI) | P-value | Exp(B) (95%CI) | ||
| Sex | 0.28 | 0.56 (0.19–1.62) | 0.02 | 0.31 (0.11–0.82) | |
| Age | 0.97 | 1.00 (0.95–1.06) | 0.33 | 0.97 (0.93–1.03) | |
| Body mass index | 0.06 | 0.89 (0.78–1.01) | 0.13 | 1.09 (0.97–1.22) | |
| Duration of complaints | 0–6 months | 0.51 | – | 0.18 | 0.53 (0.21–1.34) |
| 7–12 months | 0.30 | 0.54 (0.17–1.74) | 0.90 | 1.08 (0.32–3.67) | |
| >12 months | 0.79 | 1.15 (0.42–3.13) | – | – | |
| Alpha angle | 0.76 | 1.01 (0.95–1.07) | 0.70 | 0.99 (0.94–1.04) | |
| Abnormal morphology | 0.08 | 2.32 (0.92–5.89) | 0.89 | 0.94 (0.41–2.18) | |