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Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression a

From: Associated tears of the lateral meniscus in anterior cruciate ligament injuries: risk factors for different tear patterns

Variable

Group

‘Minor tear’

‘Major tear’

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

Gender

      

 Female

Referent

  

Referent

  

 Male

1.37

0.51–3.67

0.530

7.38

1.97–27.61

0.003b

Age (years)

0.94

0.89–1.00

0.057

0.96

0.87–1.06

0.405

Age groups (years)

      

 <30

1.812

0.92–3.58

0.098

5.85

1.71–19.94

0.005b

 >30

Referent

  

Referent

  

Height (cm)

1.00

0.96–1.03

0.701

1.18

0.85–1.66

0.327

Weight (kg)

1.08

0.86–1.35

0.534

0.98

0.91–1.05

0.483

BMI (kg/m2)

0.95

0.83–1.08

0.438

1.02

0.91–1.15

0.735

BMI groups (kg/m2)

      

 <24.9

Referent

  

Referent

  

 25–29.9

0.32

0.07–1.42

0.134

1.49

0.03–4.38

0.837

 >30

0.46

0.09–2.25

0.336

1.41

0.07–2.83

0.824

Type of injury

      

 High-impact sports

1.49

0.63–3.48

0.362

0.61

0.16–2.31

0.466

 Low-impact sports

1.12

0.30–4.18

0.865

0.57

0.08–4.00

0.572

 Not sports related

Referent

  

Referent

  

Mechanism of injury

      

 Non-contact

Referent

  

Referent

  

 Contact

4.28

1.74–10.56

0.002b

18.49

5.96–57.37

<0.001b

  1. aThe reference group was ‘no tear.’
  2. bStatistically significant.