Association between anatomical risk factors and medial meniscus posterior root tears: a retrospective study

Table 3 Determining the risk factors for MMPRTs

Classification	Risk factor	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval	P value
Overall	MTS (º)	0.825	0.720–0.945	0.005
	HKA (º)	0.604	0.480–0.759	< 0.001
	MFCL/MTPL	0.050	0.006–0.633	0.019
Traumatic	MTS (º)	1.198	1.008–1.423	0.040
	HKA (º)	1.846	1.325–2.574	< 0.001
	MFCL/MTPL	19.594	1.147-334.708	0.040
Degenerative	Age	1.032	1.000-1.064	0.047
	MTS (º)	1.329	1.108–1.593	0.002
	HKA (º)	1.746	1.297–2.352	< 0.001
	MFCL/MTPL	79.719	3.065-2073.336	0.008

MMPRTs: medial meniscus posterior root tears; MTS: medial posterior tibial slope; HKA: hip knee ankle; MFCL: medial femoral condyle length, and MTPL: medial tibial plateau length

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