Research Article

Diabetes Is Associated with Musculoskeletal Pain, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 4

Multiple logistic regression on the associations between diabetes and osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoporosis.

OsteoarthritisOsteoporosisRheumatoid arthritis

Unadjusted model
 ExposureOR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)
 Diabetes2.0 (1.9-2.1)<0.0011.5 (1.3-1.6)<0.0012.3 (2.1-2.5)<0.001
Adjusted model
 ExposureOR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)
 Diabetes1.3 (1.2-1.4)<0.0011.2 (1.1-1.4)0.0101.6 (1.4-1.7)<0.001

Adjusted for age, gender, BMI, education, marital status, and physical activity.