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. 2020 May 26;100(10):1872–1881. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzaa098

Table 2.

Nested Regression Analyses Using OAI and MOST Datasets With Index WOMAC Pain as the Dependent Variablea

OAI MOST
Variable Estimate 95% CI (SE) t P Estimate 95% CI (SE) t P
Model 1 R 2 = 0.48 R 2 = 0.64
Intercept −0.56 −0.76 to −0.37 (0.10) −5.72 <.0001 1.51 1.33 to 1.68 (0.09) 16.64 <.0001
Generic knee pain 1.06 1.02 to 1.10 (0.02) 53.18 <.0001 0.13 0.12 to 0.13 (0.00) 56.96 <.0001
Model 2 R 2 = 0.52 Δ R2 = 0.03 F = 41.6 < .0001 R 2 = 0.66 Δ R2 = 0.02 F = 18.2 < .0001
Intercept −0.61 −0.83 to −0.39 (0.11) −5.46 <.0001 1.10 0.86 to 1.35 (0.12) 8.9 <.0001
Generic knee pain 0.94 0.89 to 0.99 (0.02) 39.98 <.0001 0.13 0.12 to 0.13 (0.003) 41.2 <.0001
Lower extremity pain 0.38 −0.30 to .0.45 (0.04) 9.65 <.0001 0.20 0.13 to 0.26 (0.03) 5.8 <.0001
Contralateral generic knee pain 0.08 0.03 to 0.13 (0.03) 3.19 .0014 −0.01 −0.02 to 0.0 (0.004) −2.5 .0117
Back pain F(3, 3004) = 18.3 <.0001 F(3, 1831) = 11.0 <.0001
None (reference) - - - - - - - -
Mild −0.09 −0.31 to 0.13 (0.11) −0.78 .4362 0.04 −0.24 to 0.32 (0.14) 0.29 .7728
Moderate 0.14 −0.10 to 0.37 (0.12) 1.13 .2568 0.46 0.20 to 0.73 (0.13) 3.45 .0006
Severe 1.43 1.02 to 1.83 (0.21) 6.88 <.0001 1.18 0.71 to 1.65 (0.24) 4.96 <.0001
Model 3 R 2 = 0.53 Δ R2 = 0.01 F = 9.9 < .0001 R 2 = 0.66 Δ R2 = 0.003 F = 3.8 .0019
Intercept −0.28 −0.61 to 0.06 (0.17) −1.6 .1056 1.07 0.71 to 1.43 (0.18) 5.89 <.0001
Generic knee pain 0.88 0.80 to 0.95 (0.04) 22.9 <.0001 0.13 0.12 to 0.14 (0.00) 25220 <.0001
Lower extremity pain 0.17 0.0 to 0.33 (0.08) 2.0 .0462 0.15 0.03 to 0.27 (0.06) 2.39 .0169
Contralateral knee pain −0.15 −0.27 to −0.02 (0.07) −2.2 .0254 0.02 0.00 to 0.03 (0.01) 2.11 .0347
Back pain F(3, 2999) = 18.6 <.0001 F(3, 1826) = 11.1 <.0001
None (reference) - - - - - - - -
Mild 0.31 −0.14 to 0.75 (0.22) 1.4 .1724 −0.21 −0.67 to 0.26 (0.24) −0.87 0.3821
Moderate 0.27 −0.24 to 0.78 (0.26) 1.0 .2996 0.35 −0.11 to 0.81 (0.23) 1.50 0.1338
Severe −0.05 −1.08 to 0.98 (0.52) −0.1 .9239 0.38 −0.51 to 1.28 (0.46) 0.84 0.3999
Generic knee pain x lower extremity pain 0.04 0.01 to 0.07 (0.01) 2.5 .0111 0.00 0.00 to 0.00 (0.00) 0.79 0.4325
Generic knee pain x contralateral knee pain 0.03 0.01 to 0.05 (0.01) 3.4 .0006 0.00 0.00 to 0.00 (0.00) −3.80 0.0001
Generic knee pain x back pain F(3, 2999) = 4.6 .0031 F(3, 1826) = 2.0 0.11
None (reference) - - - - - - - -
Mild −0.05 −0.19 to 0.01 (0.05) −1.8 .0668 0.01 0.00 to 0.02 (0.01) 1.30 0.1937
Moderate −0.02 −0.12 to 0.08 (0.05) −0.4 .6963 0.00 −0.01 to 0.01 (0.01) 0.56 0.5723
Severe 0.21 0.05 to 0.38 (0.08) 2.6 .0103 0.02 0.00 to 0.04 (0.01) 2.24 0.0254
a

MOST = Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study; OAI = Osteoarthritis Initiative; SE = standard error; WOMAC = Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis.