Table 4.
The associations of meniscal body extrusion and meniscal body coverage with age, body mass index, and ipsilateral meniscal damage in middle-aged and elderly persons with Kellgren and Lawrence grade 0 in both knees, stratified by sex
| Medial compartment | Lateral compartment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Meniscal body extrusion (mm)* | ||||
| Age, per 10 years | 0.21 (0.05, 0.37) | -0.03 (-0.17, 0.12) | 0.04 (-0.11, 0.20) | -0.07 (-0.21, 0.07) |
| Body mass index, per unit | -0.01 (-0.04, 0.03) | -0.01 (-0.03, 0.01) | 0.01 (-0.02, 0.05) | 0.02 (-0.01, 0.04) |
| Ipsilateral meniscal damage | 1.02 (0.71, 1.34) | 0.55 (0.20, 0.91) | -0.01 (-0.31, 0.30) | 0.14 (-0.20, 0.48) |
| Meniscal coverage proportion (%) | ||||
| Age, per 10 years | -1.49 (-2.62, -0.36) | -0.07 (-1.16, 1.01) | 0.92 (-0.26, 2.09) | 1.03 (-0.47, 2.53) |
| Body mass index, per unit | 0.20 (-0.06, 0.45) | 0.04 (-0.11, 0.19) | 0.08 (-0.18, 0.34) | 0.00 (-0.18, 0.19) |
| Ipsilateral meniscal damage | -5.45 (-7.67, -3.23) | -4.63 (-7.24, -2.02) | 1.75 (-0.57, 4.07) | 0.52 (-2.42, 3.46) |
Presented numbers are mean differences in mm or % with 95% confidence intervals. Italicized font indicates statistically significant associations
*Model adjusted for tibia width