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Table 4 Fully adjusted association between Osteoarthritis (OA) in different sites and pre-frailty/frailty status (five multinomial regressions)a

From: Osteoarthritis and frailty in elderly individuals across six European countries: results from the European Project on OSteoArthritis (EPOSA)

 

PRE-FRAILTY

FRAILTY

CLINICAL OA AT ANY SITEb

1.54 [1.24-1.91]

2.96 [2.11-4.16]

KNEE OAc

1.43 [1.04-1.98]

2.08 [1.25-3.46]

HIP OAc

1.95 [0.86-4.42]

4.41 [1.41-13.82]

HAND OAc

1.50 [1.06-2.12]

2.57 [1.46-4.55]

CLINICAL OA-NUMBER OF SITES

  

  OA 1 SITEb

1.45 [1.14-1.85]

2.47 [1.68-3.63]

  OA 2 SITESb

1.73 [1.16-2.57]

4.18 [2.42-7.22]

  OA 3 SITESb

2.26 [1.28-8.32]

8.95 [2.83-28.39]

  1. Values expressed as Odds Ratios. OR (95 % CIs)
  2. aOR Adjusted for age, gender, education, country, comorbidity and BMI
  3. bReference category: non-OA at any site
  4. cReference category: non-OA at that site