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. 2016 Feb 18;6(2):e010062. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010062

Table 2.

Associations between smoking status and osteoarthritis (OA) in Korean adults aged 50 years or over in Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2010–2012

Adjusted for age and sex
Fully adjusted*
Selectively adjusted†
Factors n (case) OR 95% CI p Value OR 95% CI p Value OR 95% CI p Value
Knee OA or hip OA‡
All
 Non-smoking 4231 (815) 1 1 1
 Current smoking 1430 (108) 1.058 0.763 to 1.467 0.7350 1.013 0.683 to 1.503 0.9481 1.047 0.741 to 1.480 0.7927
 Past smoking 2153 (148) 0.726 0.522 to 1.010 0.0576 0.749 0.527 to 1.065 0.1072 0.708 0.506 to 0.991 0.0439
 Indirect smoking 1228 (185) 1.132 0.914 to 1.401 0.2555 1.084 0.847 to 1.387 0.5204 1.076 0.866 to 1.337 0.5101
Men§
 Non-smoking 457 (34) 1 1 1
 Current smoking 1236 (69) 0.903 0.548 to 1.486 0.6868 0.814 0.440 to 1.506 0.5114 0.880 0.525 to 1.474 0.6264
 Past smoking 2004 (114) 0.665 0.415 to 1.064 0.0892 0.694 0.410 to 1.175 0.1737 0.675 0.420 to 1.086 0.1053
 Indirect smoking 209 (6) 0.271 0.088 to 0.828 0.0220 0.391 0.122 to 1.260 0.1157 0.314 0.102 to 0.966 0.0434
Women§
 Non-smoking 3774 (781) 1 1 1
 Current smoking 194 (39) 1.086 0.685 to 1.720 0.7263 1.187 0.688 to 2.048 0.5379 1.136 0.700 to 1.843 0.6055
 Past smoking 149 (34) 0.613 0.354 to 1.061 0.0804 0.610 0.344 to 1.084 0.0923 0.603 0.347 to 1.049 0.0732
 Indirect smoking 1019 (179) 1.209 0.966 to 1.513 0.0968 1.113 0.861 to 1.44 0.4136 1.138 0.905 to 1.430 0.2690
Knee OA¶
All
 Non-smoking 4235 (808) 1 1 1
 Current smoking 1430 (104) 1.047 0.752 to 1.458 0.7866 1.008 0.676 to 1.503 0.9682 1.033 0.728 to 1.467 0.8540
 Past smoking 2154 (148) 0.737 0.528 to 1.028 0.0719 0.756 0.530 to 1.079 0.1239 0.716 0.510 to 1.005 0.0533
 Indirect smoking 1228 (184) 1.142 0.922 to 1.415 0.2231 1.090 0.850 to 1.396 0.4973 1.085 0.872 to 1.350 0.4660
Men§
 Non-smoking 457 (34) 1 1
 Current smoking 1236 (65) 0.871 0.527 to 1.441 0.5918 0.787 0.423 to 1.464 0.4495 0.841 0.499 to 1.418 0.5165
 Past smoking 2004 (114) 0.665 0.415 to 1.065 0.0897 0.692 0.408 to 1.174 0.1724 0.671 0.416 to 1.082 0.1014
 Indirect smoking 209 (6) 0.273 0.089 to 0.837 0.0231 0.397 0.123 to 1.282 0.1226 0.321 0.104 to 0.989 0.0477
Women§
 Non-smoking 3778 (774) 1 1
 Current smoking 194 (39) 1.101 0.695 to 1.743 0.6819 1.208 0.700 to 2.085 0.4971 1.155 0.711 to 1.874 0.5609
 Past smoking 150 (34) 0.619 0.357 to 1.071 0.0864 0.613 0.343 to 1.094 0.0976 0.605 0.347 to 1.053 0.0756
 Indirect smoking 1019 (178) 1.219 0.973 to 1.526 0.0848 1.120 0.865 to 1.452 0.3901 1.147 0.911 to 1.444 0.2418

Logistic regression analysis.

*Adjusted for age, sex, household income, education, occupation, residential area, alcohol drinking, dietary habits, exercise habits, experience of depressive symptoms, body mass index and fasting blood glucose.

†Backward elimination method was used with significance set at p<0.05.

‡Patients with knee joint pain and knee joint Kellgren-Lawrence grade ≥2 (mild) or with hip joint pain and hip joint Kellgren-Lawrence grade ≥2 (mild).

§Sex was excluded in adjustments.

¶Patients with knee joint pain and knee joint Kellgren-Lawrence grade ≥2 (mild).