Table 5: Association between potential risk factors and self-reported knee
complaints within the previous 12 months among 92 male danish floor layers and
49 male danish graphic designers.
|
Model 1
(mutually adjusted) |
Model 2
(mutually adjusted) |
Model 3
(mutually adjusted) |
Model 4
(mutually adjusted) |
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Exposure Variable |
Odds Ratio |
95% CI1 |
P |
Odds Ratio |
95% CI1 |
P |
Odds Ratio |
95% CI1 |
P |
Odds Ratio |
95% CI1 |
P |
Occupation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Floor layer |
0.99 |
(0.49; 2.02) |
0.98 |
1.01 |
(0.49; 2.08) |
0.98 |
0.972 |
(0.47; 2.02) |
0.94 |
0.992 |
(0.46; 2.16) |
0.99 |
Graphic designer |
1 |
- |
|
1 |
- |
|
1 |
- |
|
1 |
- |
|
Age (per 10 years) |
0.85 |
(0.51; 1.40) |
0.52 |
0.80 |
(0.48; 1.33) |
0.39 |
1.02 |
(0.57; 1.82) |
0.95 |
1.01 |
(0.57; 1.81) |
0.97 |
BMI (per 5 kg/m2) |
|
|
|
1.60 |
(1.01; 2.51) |
0.044 |
1.57 |
(0.99; 2.48) |
0.053 |
1.57 |
(0.99; 2.48) |
0.054 |
Floor layer
seniority |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.63 |
(0.38; 1.04) |
0.070 |
0.63 |
(0.38; 1.04) |
0.071 |
Earlier knee
injuries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.57 |
(0.50; 4.94) |
0.44 |
No |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
- |
|
Participates
in knee straining sports |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.83 |
(0.41; 1.70) |
0.61 |
No |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
- |
|
1CI: confidence
interval.
2Estimated odds ratio of floor layers of 32-years’
seniority compared to graphic designers.