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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 20.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 May;65(5):669–677. doi: 10.1002/acr.21880

Table 5.

Logistic regression model of clinically important weight gain (≥ 5% body weight) among persons with knee arthroplasty

Variable Unadjusted Analysis Adjusted Analysis
Odds Ratio (95% CI) P-value Odds Ratio (95% CI) P-value
Subject Status
TKA Case (follow-up arthroplasty) 1.3 (1.0, 1.7) 0.02 1.3 (0.9, 1.7) 0.13
TKA Case (no follow-up arthroplasty) 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
BMI
>= 25.0 – < 30.0 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) 0.08 0.8 (0.5 (1.2) 0.25
>= 30.0 – < 35.0 0.8 (0.6, 1.2) 0.35 0.8 (0.5, 1.3) 0.36
>= 35 0.8 (0.5, 1.1) 0.13 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) 0.23
<25 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
Age
<60 2.2 (1.6, 3.1) <0.001 3.0 (1.9, 4.8) <0.001
60 to 69 1.5 (1.1, 2.0) 0.02 1.6 (1.1, 2.4) 0.02
70 to 75 1.2 (0.8, 1.7) 0.34 1.4 (0.9, 2.2) 0.13
>75 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
Gender
Male 1.1 (0.8, 1.4) 0.65 1.2 (0.9, 1.5) 0.34
Female 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
Diagnosis
Osteoarthritis 0.8 (0.5, 1.1) 0.13 1.0 (0.6, 1.6) 0.99
Other 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
Education
< HS diploma 1.2 (0.8, 1.7) 0.40 1.3 (0.8, 2.2) 0.22
HS or some college 1.1 (0.8, 1.4) 0.63 1.0 (0.7, 1.4) 0.97
College degree or > 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
ASA score
III or IV 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) 0.44 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) 0.50
I or II 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
Charlson Index
0 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) 0.41 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) 0.24
1 1.1 (0.8, 1.4) 0.77 0.8 (0.6, 1.2) 0.39
>1 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
Pre-surgical 5-yr max wt loss, per 1 Kg* 1.09 (1.06, 1.12) <0.001 1.1 (1.07, 1.13) <0.001
Pre-surgical 5-yr max wt gain, per 1 Kg# 1.0 (0.98, 1.02) 0.84 0.98 (0.96, 1.01) 0.19

TKA = total knee arthroplasty

*

Maximum weight loss (in Kgs), relative to baseline, during the 5-years prior to the baseline knee arthroplasty.

#

Maximum weight gain (in Kgs), relative to baseline, during the 5-years prior to the baseline knee arthroplasty.