Table 3: Association between potential risk factors and MRI-detected knee cartilage
lesions in the total knee 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 |
0.85 |
(0.24; 2.93) |
0.79 |
0.87 |
(0.25; 3.02) |
0.83 |
0.882 |
(0.26; 3.04) |
0.84 |
0.932 |
(0.25; 3.48) |
0.91 |
Graphic designer |
1 |
- |
|
1 |
- |
|
1 |
- |
|
1 |
- |
|
Age (per 10 years) |
5.50 |
(1.97; 15.3) |
0.0013 |
5.12 |
(1.86; 14.1) |
0.0017 |
4.86 |
(1.64; 14.4) |
0.0046 |
4.91 |
(1.65; 14.6) |
0.0045 |
BMI (per 5 kg/m2) |
|
|
|
1.70 |
(0.78; 3.69) |
0.18 |
1.71 |
(0.79; 3.70) |
0.17 |
1.70 |
(0.78; 3.69) |
0.18 |
Floor layer
seniority |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.11 |
(0.49; 2.48) |
0.81 |
1.11 |
(0.49; 2.49) |
0.80 |
Earlier knee
injuries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.02 |
(0.15; 7.07) |
0.98 |
No |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
- |
|
Participates
in knee straining sports |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.20 |
(0.36; 4.06) |
0.77 |
No |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
- |
|
1CI: Confidence
Interval
2Estimated odds ratio of floor layers of 32-years’
seniority compared to graphic designers.