Table 4

Associations between indirect smoking exposure time and knee osteoarthritis (OA)* in Korean adults aged 50 years or over in Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2010–2012

Adjusted for age and sexFully adjusted†Selectively adjusted‡
Factorsn (case)OR95% CIp ValueOR95% CIp ValueOR95% CIp Value
Indirect smoking exposure time
All
 None981 (808)111
 Less than 1 h of indirect smoking exposure time at home or at work180 (135)0.8510.527 to 1.3760.51040.8520.492 to 1.4760.56750.8970.554 to 1.4540.6601
 1 h or more indirect smoking exposure time at home or at work63 (49)1.0290.407 to 2.6010.95201.2790.452 to 3.6220.64301.1240.424 to 2.9820.8143
  • Multinomial logistic regression analysis.

  • *Patients who met knee OA criteria with indirect smoking exposure.

  • †Adjusted for age, sex, household income, education, occupation, residential area, alcohol drinking, dietary habits, exercise habits, experience of depressive symptoms, body mass index and fasting blood glucose.

  • ‡Backward elimination method was used with significance set at p<0.05.