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Table 5 Risk of lateral elbow symptoms and lateral epicondylitis associated with Framingham risk scores

From: Association between Epicondylitis and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Pooled Occupational Cohorts

Framingham score

OR (95% CI) for current symptoms

OR (95% CI) for physical exam maneuver

OR (95% CI) for case definition of lateral epicondylitis

0

1.00 (Reference

1.00 (Reference

 

1

1.54 (0.30, 8.03)

<0.001 (<0.001, >999.999)

 

2

3.05 (1.03, 9.01)

1.88 (0.48, 7.39)

1.00* (Reference*)

3

3.09 (1.13, 8.47)

1.78 (0.49, 6.40)

2.89 (0.57, 14.72)

4

2.31 (0.88, 6.06)

2.87 (0.97, 8.50)

3.13 (0.73, 13.40)

5

2.95 (1.16, 7.50)

3.53 (1.24, 10.07)

5.36 (1.41, 20.38)

6

2.03 (0.60, 6.86)

1.67 (0.38, 7.37)

1.40 (0.14, 13.88)

7

3.63 (1.42, 9.24)

1.97 (0.62, 6.27)

2.75 (0.60, 12.60)

8

5.71 (2.32, 14.07)

3.37 (1.15, 9.87)

5.85 (1.51, 22.71)

9

3.67 (1.30, 10.36)

2.14 (0.59, 7.79)

4.91 (1.06, 22.80)

10

3.00 (1.25, 7.18)

2.94 (1.07, 8.07)

3.95 (1.08, 14.48)

13

3.18 (1.22, 8.31)

2.95 (0.97, 9.00)

4.17 (1.01, 17.30)

16

3.83 (1.40, 10.47)

4.09 (1.31, 12.79)

8.60 (2.17, 34.02)

  1. *There were no cases of LE in Framingham Scores of 0 and 1, so we collapsed 0,1,2 into one reference category in order to generate stable estimates