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. 2021 Jan 29;118(4):49–55. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0007

eTable 8. Soccer and the relative risk of knee osteoarthritis (Vrezas et al. [2010]), Seidler et al. [2008]).

Overall dose: amount of soccer ever played*1
(median M relates to median exposure in corresponding category among control persons)
Cases % Controls % OR1 *2 [95% CI] OR2 *3 [95% CI]
No soccer
(M: 0 h)
178 60.3 208 63.6 1.0 1.0
> 0 to < 1660 h
(M: 1040 h)
29 9.8 35 10.7 1.3 [0.7; 2.3] 1.1 [0.5; 2.1]
1660 to < 4000 h
(M: 2652 h)
41 13.9 34 10.4 1.9 [1.0; 3.4] 2.0 [1.0; 3.8]
4000 to < 7800 h
(M: 5460 h)
32 10.8 19 5.8 2.2 [1.1; 4.4] 2.2 [1.0; 5.0]
≥ 7800 h
(M: 9984 h)
15 5.1 16 4.9 1.2 [0.5; 2.8] 1.4 [0.6; 3.6]

*1 The overall dose of soccer ever played relates to both amateur and professional soccer. For the cases, the exposure up to the first diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis was included; for the controls, up to the time of questioning for the purposes of the study.

*2 OR 1: Odds ratio adjusted for age and study center

*3 OR 2: Odds ratio adjusted for age, study center, weight (BMI), jogging/athletics, cumulative kneeling, and cumulative lifting/carrying CI, Confidence interval; h, total hours of soccer; OR, odds ratio