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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2021 Oct 20;31(4):806–812. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2021.10.006

Table II.

ORs of patient characteristics associated with rotator cuff tears

Risk factor OR 95% CI
Lower Upper
Age (75th percentile [69 yr] vs. 25th percentile [56 yr]) 2.44 2.13 2.80
Sex (male vs. female) 1.56 1.32 1.85
BMI (75th percentile [34 kg/m2] vs. 25th percentile [25 kg/m2]) 1.45 1.24 1.69
Race
 Black vs. white 1.21 0.93 1.59
 Other vs. white 1.45 0.76 2.76
Smoking
 Current vs. never 0.85 0.65 1.12
 Former vs. never 0.97 0.76 1.25
Hypertension 1.19 0.96 1.46
Depression 0.77 0.62 0.95
Dyslipidemia 1.12 0.91 1.38
Carpal tunnel syndrome 1.41 1.03 1.93
Overhead activity 0.75 0.56 1.00
Affected shoulder (left vs. right) 0.68 0.57 0.82

OR, odds ratio; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval.