Table 3 Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) between the site of acute attacks of gout and presence of OA

Variable	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR(95% CI)*	p
Presence of OA in the index joint	6.76 (5.39, 8.46)	7.94 (6.27, 10.05)	<0.001

*Adjusted for age (decades), gender, BMI (>30 kg/m²) and prior diuretic use using a forward step-wise binary logistic regression model with gout in the index joint as the dependent variable.