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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Musculoskeletal Care. 2023 May 30;21(4):1075–1084. doi: 10.1002/msc.1786

TABLE 3.

RR and 95% CI for radiographic incidence/progression of OA in knees included in each analysis.

Worsening
ROA (%)
Unadjusted
RR (95% CI)
Adjusted
RR (95% CI)
Primary analysis (n = 8127 knees)
 ≤4 h/day sitting n = 5464 knees 9.1% 1.0 (REF) 1.0 (REF)
 >4 h/day sitting n = 2663 knees 11.3% 1.24 (1.07–1.44) 1.25 (1.08–1.50)
Stratified analysis (n = 5777 knees)
Frequent worktime sitting (n = 1655 knees)
 ≤4 h/day sitting n = 972 knees 7.1% 1.0 (REF) 1.0 (REF)
 >4 h/day sitting n = 683 knees 11.0% 1.55 (1.10–2.18) 1.60 (1.19–2.33)
Infrequent worktime sitting (n = 4122 knees)
 ≤4 h/day sitting n = 2939 knees 9.7% 1.0 (REF) 1.0 (REF)
 >4 h/day sitting n = 1183 knees 11.4% 1.17 (0.95–1.45) 1.11 (0.89–1.39)

Note: Risk ratios in bold indicate p < 0.05. Adjusted RR were adjusted for age, BMI, sex, self-reported leisure-time walking, and baseline KL grade.

Abbreviations: 95% CI, 95% confidence intervals; OA, osteoarthritis; ROA, radiographic osteoarthritis; RR, risk ratios.