Research Article

Effect of the Herbal Drug Guilu Erxian Jiao on Muscle Strength, Articular Pain, and Disability in Elderly Men with Knee Osteoarthritis

Table 4

Logistic regression analysis of the changes in the non-GEJ-treated group () and the GEJ-treated group ().

Variable Regression coefficientS.E.Odds ratio95% CI of odds ratio value

Incremental change of TQ/BW-ext-dominant0.041 0.022 1.04 1.00–1.090.062
Decremental change of visual analog pain scale score0.846 0.388 2.33 1.09–4.980.029*
Change of (III) activities of daily living score0.824 0.364 2.28 1.12–4.650.023*
Constant−1.262 0.616 0.28 0.040

< 0.05 (tested by Wald statistic).
Accuracy of model = 78.6%.
Model III: backward regression.