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. 2024 Feb 24;25:173. doi: 10.1186/s12891-024-07286-4

Table 3.

Associations between baseline characteristics and pain phenotypes at 24-month follow-up

Baseline characteristics No Pain
RR (95% CI)
Mild P-A
RR (95% CI)
Mild P-R-A
RR (95% CI)
Mod P-R-A
RR (95% CI)
Age, yeara
  < 60 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
  ≥ 65 1.00 (reference) 1.01 (0.94, 1.08) 0.89 (0.80, 0.99) 0.68 (0.56, 0.82)
Genderb
 Female 1.00 (reference) 1.11 (1.04, 1.20) 1.16 (1.05, 1.29) 1.89 (1.55, 2.31)
CES-D score 1.00 (reference) 1.01 (1.00, 1.01) 1.02 (1.02, 1.03) 1.04 (1.03, 1.14)
BMI, kg/m2
  < 25 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 25–29.9 1.00 (reference) 1.08 (0.98, 1.19) 1.43 (1.21, 1.68) 2.01 (1.46, 2.75)
  ≥ 30 1.00 (reference) 1.21 (1.10, 1.33) 1.81 (1.55, 2.13) 1.92 (1.40, 2.64)
Education
 College or above 1.00 (reference) 0.96 (0.87, 1.06) 0.83 (0.75, 0.93) 0.80 (0.72, 0.88)
Race
 Whites 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 Non-whites 1.00 (reference) 1.04 (0.96, 1.14) 1.22 (1.11, 1.35) 2.08 (1.74, 2.49)
Injury 1.00 (reference) 1.18 (1.10, 1.27) 1.34 (1.22, 1.47) 1.30 (1.17, 1.44)
KL grade
 0 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 1 1.00 (reference) 1.28 (1.15, 1.43) 1.32 (1.10, 1.58) 1.45 (1.03, 2.05)
 2 1.00 (reference) 1.63 (1.49, 1.79) 2.04 (1.76, 2.36) 3.08 (2.36, 4.02)
 3 1.00 (reference) 1.84 (1.65, 2.06) 3.00 (2.58, 3.49) 3.88 (2.95, 5.10)
 4 1.00 (reference) 2.63 (2.29, 3.01) 4.00 (3.45, 4.65) 5.42 (4.18, 7.03)

Mild P-A mild pain during activity, Mild P-R-A mild pain during both rest and activity, Mod P-R-A moderate pain during both rest and activity, RR relative risk, CI confidence interval, CES-D Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression, BMI body mass index, KL Kellgren and Lawrence

aAge and bgender were adjusted mutually

The rest factors were adjusted for all variables listed above