Risk Factors for Occupational Knee-Related Disability Among Enlisted Women in the U.S. Army

摘要

Aims: To identify sociodemographic and occupational determinants of knee related disability discharge from the US Army among enlisted women, and to investigate effect modification. Methods: A case control study of 692 cases of knee related disability discharge and 2080 incidence density matched controls nested within the population of all 244,000 enlisted women on active duty in the US Army, 1980-97. We used logistic regression to identify determinants of disability, stratified to explore effect modification by demographic and work characteristics.