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. 2014 Jun 23;15:217. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-217

Table 4.

Crude rate and relative risk of KR due to primary OA in 161,700 Norwegian women

  No. of participants Person-years No. of knee replacements KRs per 10,000 person-years (crude rate) Multivariate adjusted RR* (95% CI)
Body Mass Index, kg/m 2
 
<21.6
40,526
489,541
35
0.7
1
21.7-23.5
39,562
477,775
73
1.5
1.93 (1.29-2.89)
23.6-26.1
40,691
491,052
177
3.6
3.92 (2.72-5.64)
> = 26.2
40,911
491,705
608
12.4
11.06 (7.83-15.62)
P (test for trend)
 
 
 
 
<0.0001
Physical activity at work
 
Sedentary
46,050
555,499
201
3.6
1
Moderate
84,368
1,017,358
498
4.9
1.18 (1.00-1.40)
Intermediate
27,744
334,751
149
4.5
1.30 (1.05-1.61)
Intensive
3,343
40,230
45
11.2
2.29 (1.65-3.18)
P (test for trend)
 
 
 
 
<0.0001
Physical activity at leisure
 
Sedentary
31,322
377,346
190
5.0
1
Moderate
113,127
113,127
624
55.2
0.99 (0.84-1.16)
Intermediate
16,204
16,204
75
46.3
0.92 (0.70-1.21)
Intensive
968
11,687
4
3.4
1.72 (0.64-4.65)
P (test for trend)
 
 
 
 
0.797
Height
 
< 161
44,123
531,632
325
6.1
1
162-165
42,320
510,399
238
4.7
1.10 (0.93-1.30)
166-169
38,461
464,179
150
3.2
0.93 (0.77-1.14)
> = 170
36,791
443,925
180
4.1
1.48 (1.23-1.80)
P (test for trend)
 
 
 
 
0.003
Smoking
 
Never smoker
65,929
794,420
526
6.6
1
Former smoker
31,174
376,055
163
4.3
0.81 (0.68-0.96)
Smoker
64,597
779,720
204
2.6
0.66 (0.56-0.78)
P (test for trend)         <0.0001

*Adjusted for age at screening, height, smoking habits, BMI and physical activity at work, and at leisure time.