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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 Feb;71(2):259–270. doi: 10.1002/acr.23613

Table 2.

Association Between Longitudinal Walking Speed Change and Knee Structure Change.

BML Change (Decrease/No Change = Reference)
Group Walking Speed Change Decrease/No Change Increase Adjusted* Odds Ratio
n (%) n (%) OR (95%Cl)

Overall Slower 35 (58%) 25 (42%) 1.79 (1.00, 3.20)
Faster/No Change 200 (70%) 86 (30%) Reference
Accelerated
Knee OA
Slower 7 (30%) 16 (70%) 3.04 (1.03, 8.95)
Faster/No Change 46 (55%) 37 (45%) Reference
Common
Knee OA
Slower 15 (68%) 7 (32%) 1.17 (0.41, 3.32)
Faster/No Change 72 (73%) 27 (27%) Reference
No Knee
OA
Slower 13 (87%) 2 (13%) 0.60 (0.12, 2.92)
Faster/No Change 82 (79%) 22 (21%) Reference

Effusion Change (Decrease/No Change = Reference)
Decrease/No Change Increase
n (%) n (%)

Overall Slower 36 (60%) 24 (40%) 1.48 (0.83, 2.66)
Faster/No Change 195 (68%) 91 (32%) Reference
Accelerated
Knee OA
Slower 6 (26%) 17 (74%) 3.39 (1.10, 10.49)
Faster/No Change 41 (49%) 42 (51%) Reference
Common
Knee OA
Slower 17 (77%) 5 (23%) 0.57 (0.19, 1.73)
Faster/No Change 67 (68%) 32 (32%) Reference
No Knee
OA
Slower 13 (87%) 2 (13%) 0.80 (0.16, 4.02)
Faster/No Change 87 (84%) 17 (16%) Reference

CDI Change (Increase/No Change = Reference)
Decrease Increase/No Change
n (%) n (%)

Overall Slower 18 (30%) 42 (70%) 0.89 (0.48, 1.66)
Faster/No Change 97 (34%) 189 (66%) Reference
Accelerated
Knee OA
Slower 12 (52%) 11 (48%) 0.81 (0.30, 2.16)
Faster/No Change 51 (61%) 32 (39%) Reference
Common
Knee OA
Slower 4 (18%) 18 (82%) 0.75 (0.22, 2.55)
Faster/No Change 22 (22%) 77 (78%) Reference
No Knee
OA
Slower 2 (13%) 13 (87%) 0.49 (0.10, 2.35)
Faster/No Change 24 (23%) 80 (77%) Reference

CDI = cartilage damage index, BML = bone marrow lesion, OR = odds ratio, 95% CI = 95% confidence intervals, OA = osteoarthritis,

*

Adjusted for baseline age, body mass index, WOMAC pain, and physical activity