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Table 4 Patient characteristics of participants and non-participants

From: Knee disorders in primary care: design and patient selection of the HONEUR knee cohort

 

all participants in cohort

participants in sample

non-participants in sample

comparison# of participation rates

 

N

n

(%)

N

n

(%)

N

n

(%)

OR

(95% CI)

gender (n women )

1045

494

(47%)

130

64

(49%)

180

83

(46%)

1.20

(0.78–1.85)

age (n >35 years )

1045

741

(71%)

130

94

(72%)

180

109

(61%)

1.79

(1.12–2.86)*

   in men

551

380

(69%)

66

46

(69%)

97

50

(52%)

2.08

(1.11–3.93)*

   in women

494

361

(73%)

64

48

(78%)

83

59

(71%)

1.41

(0.69–2.90)

   in traumatic

197

134

(68%)

16

11

(73%)

34

17

(50%)

2.60

(0.80–8.98)

   in non-traumatic

848

607

(72%)

114

83

(73%)

146

92

(63%)

1.63

(0.98–2.72)

   trauma $ (n positive )

1045

197

(19%)

130

16

(12%)

180

34

(19%)

0.59

(0.32–1.09)

   in men

551

109

(20%)

66

9

(14%)

97

20

(21%)

0.60

(0.26–1.38)

   in women

494

88

(18%)

64

7

(11%)

83

14

(17%)

0.58

(0.23–1.47)

ICPC codes

       

L15: unspecified

 

519

(51%)

 

69

(53%)

 

82

(46%)

 

L78: acute distortion

 

107

(10%)

 

7

(5%)

 

20

(11%)

 

L90: osteoarthritis

 

77

(7%)

 

9

(7%)

 

28

(16%)

 

L94.2: Osgood-Schlatter

 

10

(1%)

 

1

(1%)

 

0 0%

 

L96: acute meniscus/ligament ruptures

 

87

(8%)

 

12

(9%)

 

14

(8%)

 

L97: chronic internal trauma

 

245

(23%)

 

32

(25%)

 

36

(20%)

 
  1. $ patient described onset of complaints in questionnaire as immediate, due to impact or twisting, maximally 1 year before consultation
  2. # comparing participation rates of age groups and traumatic injuries in sample
  3. * p-value < 0.05
  4. N total number of patients
  5. n number of patients in a subset