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

Table 3.

Association between knee injury and knee radiographic OA, 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
249 (10.6%)
No Prior Knee Injury
2092 (89.4%)
Prior Knee Injury
192 (10.3%)
No Prior Knee Injury
1680 (89.7%)
Prior Knee Injury
323 (16.3%)
No Prior Knee Injury
1664 (83.7%)
Knee rOA, n (%) 160 (64.3) 828 (39.6) 101 (52.6) 489 (29.1) 142 (44.0) 624 (37.5)
aORa (95% CI)
2.82 (2.12–3.76)
2.54 (1.82–3.55)
1.83 (1.38–2.42)
By Joint Hypermobility Status

Beighton ≥ 4
N = 78
N = 197
N = 138
Prior Knee Injury
11 (14.1%)
No Prior Knee Injury
67 (85.9%)
Prior Knee Injury
11 (5.6%)
No Prior Knee Injury
186 (94.4%)
Prior Knee Injury
22 (16.3%)
No Prior Knee Injury
116 (83.7%)
Knee rOA, n (%) 9 (81.8) 20 (29.9) 3 (27.3) 43 (23.1) 6 (27.3) 32 (27.6)
aORa (95% CI) 11.02 (4.03–30.1) 0.81 (0.19–3.42) 1.89 (0.54–6.63)
Beighton < 4 N = 2263 N = 1675 N = 1849

Prior Knee Injury
238 (10.5%)
No Prior Knee Injury
2025 (89.4%)
Prior Knee Injury
181 (10.8%)
No Prior Knee Injury
1494 (89.2%)
Prior Knee Injury
301 (16.3%)
No Prior Knee Injury
1548 (83.7%)
Knee rOA, n (%) 151 (63.4) 808 (39.9) 98 (54.1) 446 (29.9) 136 (45.2) 592 (38.2)
aORa (95% CI) 2.67 (1.99–3.58) 2.91 (2.09–4.06) 1.83 (1.38–2.45)

p-value for interactionb 0.009 0.090 0.866

OA = osteoarthritis, rOA = radiographic 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 rOA.