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. 2012 May 17;13:73. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-73

Table 2.

Incidence of knee replacement/high tibial osteotomy (TKR) due to osteoarthritis in relation to leisure time physical activity

Physical activity leisure, baseline Cases, n RR (95% CI)* P, trend RR (95% CI)† P, trend RR (95% CI) ‡ P, trend
TKR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
All
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Low (n = 6934)
104
1.0
0.398
1.0
0.898
1.0
0.087
Low-moderate (n = 6949)
122
1.15 (0.88, 1.49)
 
1.13 (0.87, 1.47)
 
1.31 (1.00, 1.70)
 
Moderate-high (n = 6973)
124
1.16 (0.89, 1.51)
 
1.13 (0.87, 1.46)
 
1.36 (1.04, 1.77)
 
High (n = 6957)
117
1.13 (0.86, 1.47)
 
1.03 (0.79, 1.34)
 
1.27 (0.97, 1.66)
 
Men
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Low (n = 2777)
34
1.0
0.046
1.0
0.390
1.0
0.163
Low-moderate (n = 2639)
36
1.09 (0.68, 1.74)
 
1.03 (0.64, 1.64)
 
1.08 (0.68, 1.73)
 
Moderate-high (n = 2604)
48
1.47 (0.95, 2.29)
 
1.31 (0.84, 2.03)
 
1.44 (0.93, 2.25)
 
High (n = 2925)
51
1.44 (0.94, 2.22)
 
1.15 (0.74, 1.77)
 
1.28 (0.83, 1.99)
 
Women
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Low (n = 4157)
70
1.0
0.648
1.0
0.548
1.0
0.349
Low-moderate (n = 4310)
86
1.17 (0.85, 1.60)
 
1.18 (0.86, 1.62)
 
1.42 (1.03, 1.96)
 
Moderate-high (n = 4369)
76
1.02 (0.73, 1.41)
 
1.03 (0.74, 1.43)
 
1.29 (0.93, 1.79)
 
High (n = 4032) 66 0.97 (0.69, 1.36)   0.94 (0.67, 1.32)   1.22 (0.87, 1.72)  

Incidence of knee replacement, or high tibial osteotomy, due to osteoarthritis during a mean follow-up of 11 years, in relation to leisure time physical activity at baseline (low (Q1), low–moderate (Q2), moderate–high (Q3), and high physical activity (Q4)).

*crude, † adjusted for age, gender, ‡ adjusted for age, gender (for all subjects only), BMI, education, smoking, marital status.