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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2012 Dec 25;42(6):573–581. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2012.10.005

Table 5.

Cross-sectional Association of any Posterior Horn Meniscal Damage and Predominantly Posterior Synovitis.

Posterior Horn Meniscal Damage (Either Medial, Lateral or Both) Predominantly Posterior Synovitis
Crude OR
Adjusted OR
No (%) Yes (%) OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
Absence (N = 248) 234 (94.4) 14 (5.7) 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
Presence (N = 129) 115 (89.2) 14 (10.9) 2.0 (0.9,4.4) 2.1 (0.9,5.1)
0.074 0.108
Grade 0 (N = 248) 234 (94.4) 14 5.65 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
Grade 1 (N = 19) 17 (89.5) 2 (10.5) 2.0 (0.4,9.3) 2.0 (0.4,10.1)
0.399 0.394
Grade 2 (N = 64) 57 (89.1) 7 (10.9) 2.0 (0.8,5.3) 2.2 (0.8,6.1)
0.141 0.145
Grade 3 and 4 (N = 46) 41 (89.1) 5 (10.9) 2.0 (0.7,5.9) 2.0 (0.5,7.3)
0.196 0.310