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. 2020 Feb 19;2(2):100045. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100045

Table 2.

Association between knee injury and knee pain, overall and by joint hypermobility status.

Genetics of Generalized OA (GOGO)
Genetics of OA (GO)
Johnston County OA Project (JoCoOA)
Total Sample N = 2341 N = 1872 N = 1987
Prior Knee Injury No Prior Knee Injury Prior Knee Injury No Prior Knee Injury Prior Knee Injury No Prior Knee Injury
249 (10.6%) 2092 (89.4%) 192 (10.3%) 1680 (89.7%) 323 (16.3%) 1664 (83.7%)
Knee Pain, n (%) 206 (82.7) 1335 (63.8) 99 (51.6) 511 (30.4) 229 (70.9) 660 (39.7)
aORa (95% CI)
2.67 (1.87–3.80)
2.51 (1.83–3.45)
3.75 (2.85–4.94)
By Joint Hypermobility Status
Beighton ≥ 4
N = 78
N = 197
N = 138
Prior Knee Injury No Prior Knee Injury Prior Knee Injury No Prior Knee Injury Prior Knee Injury No Prior Knee Injury
11 (14.1%) 67 (85.9%) 11 (5.6%) 186 (94.4%) 22 (16.3%) 116 (83.7%)
Knee Pain, n (%) 10 (90.9) 29 (43.3) 5 (45.5) 48 (25.8) 14 (63.6) 42 (36.2)
aORa (95% CI) 5.05 (0.67–38.2) 3.48 (0.99–12.25) 3.10 (1.13–8.48)

Beighton < 4
N = 2263 N = 1675 N = 1849

Prior Knee Injury No Prior Knee Injury Prior Knee Injury No Prior Knee Injury Prior Knee Injury No Prior Knee Injury
238 (10.5%) 2025 (89.4%) 181 (10.8%) 1494 (89.2%) 301 (16.3%) 1548 (83.7%)
Knee Pain, n (%) 196 (82.4) 1306 (64.5) 93 (51.4) 463 (31.0) 215 (71.4) 618 (39.9)
aORa (95% CI) 2.48 (1.73–3.54) 2.41 (1.75–3.33) 3.83 (2.87–5.11)
p-value for interactionb 0.105 0.580 0.813

OA = osteoarthritis, aOR = adjusted odds ratio, CI = confidence interval.

a

Adjusted for age, gender, and body mass index; additional adjustment for race in the Johnston County OA Project and for family membership in the Genetics of Generalized OA study.

b

Interaction between prior knee injury and joint hypermobility in relation to knee pain.