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Table 2 Predictors of change in total knee meniscal tears over 8 years

From: Natural history and clinical significance of meniscal tears over 8 years in a midlife cohort

 

Change in total knee meniscal tears over 8 years

 

Unadjusted

Adjusteda

Risk ratio (95 % CI)

Risk ratio (95 % CI)

 

1.06

1.05

Age

(1.02, 1.11)

(0.98, 1.21)

 

1.09

1.11

BMI

(1.03, 1.15)

(1.04, 1.17)

 

2.16

1.91

Knee Injury

(1.08, 6.01)

(0.93, 3.92)

 

1.26

0.77

Cartilage defects

(1.05, 1.52)

(0.54, 1.09)

 

1.57

0.87

BMLs

(1.06, 2.32)

(0.33, 2.29)

 

3.17

2.11

JSN

(1.41, 7.16)

(0.74, 6.03)

 

1.79

1.78

Osteophytes

(1.29, 2.47)

(1.17, 2.71)

  1. Bold font denotes statistically significant (p = <0.05) results
  2. (No significant offspring-control interaction for any of the above mentioned associations)
  3. aadjusted for age/BMI/knee injury, offspring-control status, cartilage defects at visit-2, BMLs at visit-2 and/or ROA at visit-1