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Table 2 Association between external peak knee adduction moment during early and late stance and the presence and severity of meniscal tears

From: Association between meniscal tears and the peak external knee adduction moment and foot rotation during level walking in postmenopausal women without knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study

 

Univariate regression coefficient (95% CI)

P value

Multivariate regression coefficient (95% CI)a

P Value

Early stance

    

Any medial meniscal tear y/nb

0.8 (-0.1, 1.8)

0.07

1.0 (0.05. 1.9)

0.04

Medial meniscal tear scorec

0.6 (0.1, 1.1)

0.02

0.6 (0.2, 1.1)

0.01

Any lateral meniscal tear y/nb

0.3 (-1.5, 0.8)

0.5

-0.3 (-1.5, 0.9)

0.6

Lateral meniscal tear scorec

-0.1 (-1.0, 0.7)

0.8

-0.1 (-1.0, 0.7)

0.7

Late stance

    

Any medial meniscal tear y/nb

0.6 (-0.1, 1.3)

0.09

0.6 (-0.1, 1.4)

0.09

Medial meniscal tear scorec

0.3 (-0.1, 0.7)

0.13

0.3 (-0.1, 0.7)

0.14

Any lateral meniscal tear y/nb

0.2 (-1.1, 0.6)

0.6

-0.2 (-1.1, 0.7)

0.62

Lateral meniscal tear scorec

-0.07 (-0.7, 0.6)

0.8

-0.07 (-0.7, 0.6)

0.8

  1. aAdjusted for age. bIncrease in peak adduction moment if a meniscal tear is present (tear = 1, no tear = 0). cIncrease in peak adduction moment for each increase in grade of meniscal tear score. Adduction moments are normalised to percentage body weight multiplied by height. CI, confidence interval.