Playing sport injured is associated with osteoarthritis, joint pain and worse health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study

Table 5 Logistic regression analysis investigating the odds of physician diagnosed osteoarthritis and persistent joint pain in people who play sport while injured, in elite and recreational cricketer subgroups

	Physician Diagnosed Osteoarthritis		Presence of Persistent Joint Pain
	Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted^a Odds Ratio (95% CI)	Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted^a Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Elite (n = 849)
Played sport while injured (n = 690, 81%)	2.42 (1.57, 3.85), P < 0.001	2.12 (1.27, 3.62), P = 0.004	2.92 (2.00, 4.28), P < 0.001	2.49 (1.66., 3.74), P < 0.001
Never played sport while injured (n = 159, 19%)	Reference Group		Reference Group
Recreational (n = 1329)
Played sport while injured (n = 993, 75%)	1.37 (1.02, 1.87), P = 0.042	1.58 (1.10, 2.28), P = 0.014	2.33(1.79, 3.03), P < 0.001	2.28 (1.70., 3.06), P < 0.001
Never played sport while injured (n = 336, 25%)	Reference Group		Reference Group

^a Estimates were adjusted for age, gender (male = 0, female = 1), cricket seasons played, playing status (current = 0, former = 1), history of joint injury (no joints injured = 0, sustained a joint injury = 1), and history of orthopaedic surgery (never had an orthopaedic surgery = 0, underwent orthopaedic surgery = 1)
^b Physician diagnosed osteoarthritis was defined as having received a previous osteoarthritis diagnosis from a general practitioner
^c Persistent joint pain was assessed by asking individuals if they had joint-specific pain on ‘most days of the last month’

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