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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 Jun 24;102(10):1888–1894. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2021.05.014

Table 3:

Effects of replacing lighter intensities with equal periods of walking at a moderate intensity on risk for KR over five years in adults with advanced structural knee OA (Kellgren and Lawrence grade ≥3 in one or both knees) (N=516).

Walking intensity Unadjusted HR [95%CI] Adjusted HR [95%CI]
Replacing 10 mins/day of very-light walking with 10 mins/day of
Moderate walking‡‡ 0.62 [0.42, 0.92]* 0.65 [0.45, 0.94]*
Replacing 10 mins/day of light walking‡‡‡ with 10 mins/day of walking at
Moderate walking‡‡ 0.57 [0.35, 0.92]* 0.63 [0.40, 1.00]*

HR=hazard ratio CI=confidence interval

Adjusted for age, BMI, sex, education, race, index knee pain defined using most painful knee on VAS scale, comorbidities, and previous knee injuries/surgeries

Very-light walking is defined as time spent in 1–49 steps/min

‡‡

Moderate walking is defined as time spent in 50–100 steps/min

*

Denotes statistical significance, i.e., p-value<0.05 and 95%CI does not cross 1

‡‡‡

Light walking is defined as time spent in >100 steps/min