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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2015 Sep 26;25(2):532–537. doi: 10.1007/s00167-015-3799-x

Table 1.

Predictors of intervention for arthrofibrosis following ACL injury

Number at risk Hazard ratio (95% Confidence Intervals) from univariate Cox models

Age, years 1,841 0.89 (0.62, 1.25)

Women (vs. men) 1,841 2.59 (1.21, 5.82)

Calendar year (per calendar year) 1,841 0.98 (0.92, 1.04)

1990-1994 405 1 (ref)
2006-2010 419 0.90 (0.34, 2.36)

Meniscal injury 1,100 0.91 (0.43, 1.96)

ACL reconstruction 1,355 5.29 (2.01, 17.08)

BTB* autograft (vs hamstring autograft) 1,130 1.08 (0.31,6.78)

Allograft vs autograft 1,355 0.28 (0.02,1.37)

Timing of ACL reconstruction
    Non-operative 486 1 (reference)
    Within 4 weeks 198 3.57 (0.86, 13.97)
    After 4 weeks 1,157 6.40 (2.27, 22.63)
*

Bone patellar tendon bone