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. 2018 May;6(3):203–211.

Table 4.

Variables associated with total knee replacement (TKR). FU = follow-up; CI = confidence interval

Variable 3 months FU 6 months FU 12 months FU

TKR Odd Ratio CI, 95% TKR Odd Ratio CI, 95% TKR Odd Ratio CI, 95%
Age 1.0ns 0.9-1.1 1.0ns 0.9-1.0 1.0ns 0.9-1.0
Female sex 1.3ns 0.6-2.7 1.2ns 0.6-2.5 1.3ns 0.6-2.8
Kellgren & Lawrence classification
 0 1 1 1
 1 8.1* 1.0-65.4 8.3* 1.0-68.7 11.2* 1.2-102.9
 2 17.2** 2.2-134.8 15.3* 1.9-122.1 20.7** 2.3-186.7
 3+ 14.5* 1.8-113.9 13.6* 1.6-109.3 20.9** 2.3-190.2
Pain (Yes) 9.5*** 2.8-31.8 6.2** 20.3-18.8 13.8*** 4.6-41.6
Walking aids (Yes) - - 3.1* 1.3-7.5 8.6** 2.1-34.6
Intra-articular injection - -
 None 1 1
 Hyaluronic acid 1.4ns 0.6-3.3 0.6ns 0.2-1.5
 Corticosteroids 1.4ns 0.5-3.6 0.9ns 0.3-3.1
 Model adjust(ps.R2) 0.169*** 0.206*** 0.275***
*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01;

***

p<0.001;ns: Not significant