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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Age Ageing. 2014 Jun 10;43(6):806–813. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afu068

Table 4. Associations between low physical performance and clinical OA, self-reported OA and pain before and after adjustments.

Unadjusted Adjusted1 Adjusted including pain and stiffess2
Odds Ratio (95% CI) p-value Odds Ratio (95% CI) p-value Odds Ratio (95% CI) p-value
Clinical OA
 Knee 2.99 (2.40, 3.71) <0.001 2.31 (1.81, 2.94) <0.001 1.67 (1.23, 2.26) 0.001
 Hip 3.86 (2.54, 5.87) <0.001 3.68 (2.32, 5.82) <0.001 2.02 (1.21, 3.37) 0.007
 Knee and hip 7.34 (3.69, 14.6) <0.001 6.67 (3.13, 14.21) <0.001 2.99 (1.36, 6.57) 0.006
Self-reported OA
 Knee 1.83 (1.55, 2.15) <0.001 1.46 (1.21, 1.76) <0.001 1.05 (0.84, 1.30) 0.687
 Hip 1.83 (1.51, 2.23) <0.001 1.52 (1.22, 1.89) <0.001 1.05 (0.82, 1.35) 0.709
 Knee and hip 2.17 (1.69, 2.77) <0.001 1.70 (1.29, 2.24) <0.001 1.04 (0.76, 1.42) 0.781
Joint Pain
 Knee 2.28 (1.95, 2.68) <0.001 1.78 (1.48, 2.13) <0.001 - -
 Hip 2.11 (1.77, 2.52) <0.001 1.85 (1.51, 2.25) <0.001 - -
 Knee and Hip 2.86 (2.28, 3.58) <0.001 2.38 (1.86, 3.06) <0.001 - -
1

Adjusted for country, age, sex, education, alcohol, BMI and number of chronic diseases

2

Adjusted for country, age, sex, education, alcohol, BMI, number of chronic diseases and knee pain and stiffness (for knee OA) or hip pain and stiffness (for hip OA) or both knee and hip pain and stiffness (for knee or hip OA)