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. 2018 Nov;26(11):1461–1473. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.07.013
Descriptive
OR (95% CI)
Total No KP Incident KP Crude Age, gender, BMI-adjusted
N 2341 2056 285
Central risk factors
Widespread pain at baseline, n (%) 316 (13.50) 247 (12.01) 69 (24.21) 2.34 (1.73; 3.16) 2.23 (1.63; 3.06)
HADS anxiety score ≥8 at baseline, n (%) 559 (23.88) 477 (23.20) 82 (28.77) 1.34 (1.02; 1.76) 1.27 (0.95; 1.70)
HADS depression score ≥8 at baseline, n (%) 216 (9.23) 169 (8.22) 47 (16.49) 2.21 (1.55; 3.13) 1.99 (1.38; 2.87)
PCS in the highest tertile (≥9) at baseline, n (%) 611 (26.1) 524 (25.50) 87 (30.63) 1.29 (0.98; 1.69) 1.14 (0.86; 1.52)
Peripheral risk factors
Significant injury at baseline, n (%) 183 (7.82) 158 (7.85) 25 (8.90) 1.15 (0.74; 1.78) 1.08 (0.68; 1.72)
New injury (past 12 months), n (%) 38 (1.62) 4 (0.19) 34 (11.93) 69.49 (24.46; 197.4) 69.27 (24.15; 198.7)
Early varus malalignment, n (%) 72 (3.07) 62 (3.25) 10 (3.86) 1.20 (0.61; 2.36) 1.28 (0.64; 2.57)
Early valgus malalignment, n (%) 28 (1.20) 23 (1.23) 5 (1.96) 1.60 (0.60; 4.26) 1.05 (0.36; 3.12)
High risk occupation, n (%) 833 (35.57) 732 (35.59) 101 (35.44) 0.99 (0.77; 1.29) 0.99 (0.76; 1.30)
2D4D ratio (type 3), n (%) 1171 (50.02) 1023 (51.10) 148 (54.81) 1.16 (0.90; 1.50) 1.18 (0.90; 1.54)
Other risk factors
Age (years), mean (SD) 62.54 (10.25) 62.56 (10.28) 62.38 (10.09) 1.00 (0.99; 1.01) 1.00 (0.99; 1.01)
Women, n (%) 1343 (57.37) 1170 (56.93) 173 (60.70) 1.17 (0.91; 1.51) 1.15 (0.89; 1.50)
BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) 26.20 (4.50) 26.04 (4.46) 27.36 (4.65) 1.06 (1.03; 1.09) 1.06 (1.03; 1.09)
Nodal OA, n (%) 225 (9.61) 188 (9.41) 37 (13.60) 1.52 (1.04; 2.21) 1.49 (0.99; 2.23)
N of comorbidities, mean (SD), n (%) 0.69 (0.79) 0.67 (0.77) 0.86 (0.90) 1.32 (1.14; 1.53) 1.31 (1.12; 1.53)
Any comorbidities, n (%) 1213 (51.82) 1039 (50.54) 174 (61.05) 1.53 (1.19; 1.98) 1.48 (1.13; 1.95)
Any comorbidities ≥ 2, n (%) 335 (14.30) 285 (13.86) 50 (17.54) 1.32 (0.95; 1.84) 1.26 (0.90; 1.78)
Any comorbidities ≥ 3, n (%) 62 (2.65) 46 (2.24) 16 (5.61) 2.60 (1.45; 4.66) 2.54 (1.41; 4.60)
Any comorbidities ≥ 4, n (%) 8 (0.34) 4 (0.19) 4 (1.40) 7.30 (1.82; 29.36) 8.85 (1.95; 40.16)

In bold - If a 95% confidence interval does not include the null value (i.e. there is a statistically meaningful or statistically significant difference between the groups).

Abbreviations: BMI - body mass index; KP – knee pain; OR – odds ratio; CI –confidence interval; HADS - Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; PCS - Pain Catastrophizing Scale; SD - standard deviation.

Adjusted for gender and BMI only.

Adjusted for age and BMI only.

Adjusted for age and gender only.