Research Article

Factors Affecting Physical Activity of People with Knee Osteoarthritis in Southern Taiwan: A Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis

Table 2

The comparison of continuous variables between inactive and active physical activity groups in people with KOA (n = 188).

VariablesTotal n = 188Physical activity
Inactive n = 137Active n = 51 alue

Age (years)69.37±7.9270.97±7.8365.06±6.46<0.001
WOMAC score43.86±14.5745.49±15.3039.47±11.380.011
6-m preferred walking speed (m/sec)0.97±0.260.92±0.271.09±0.18<0.001

Data are mean ± standard deviation. Student’s t-tests were used to compare the mean values. . WOMAC index: McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index.