Heel pain in female patients with early knee osteoarthritis

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 4 Multi-variant analysis for factors predictive of or protective against the development of disabling HP in patients with EKOA and HP

Factors	p value	Odds ratio	95% confidence level for odds ratio
Factors	p value	Odds ratio	Lower	Upper
Parity	0.888	1.030	0.684	1.551
Diabetes mellitus	0.253	2.027	0.603	6.809
Heel height	0.008*	0.189	0.055	0.644
HAQ score	0.496	8.483	0.018	3986.2
Total WOMAC score	0.016^*	1.077	1.014	1.145

HAQ health assessment questionnaire, WOMAC Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis
*Statistical significance at p ≤ 0.05