Is consumer behaviour towards footwear predisposing for lower extremity injuries in runners and walkers? A prospective study

Table 3 Risk factors for walking/running injuries

Variable	Univariate analysis		Multivariable analysis
Variable	Odds Ratio (95%CI)	p-value	Odds Ratio, (95%CI)	p-value
Basic decisions
Place of acquisition		0.578
Gait analysis before buying (prescribed) shoes (having no gait analysis and not buying prescribed shoes is the reference)
Gait analysis and prescribed shoes	4.65 (2.25;9.58)	< 0.001	4.76 (2.26;10.02)	< 0.001
No gait analysis but prescribed shoes	3.19 (0.55;18.73)	0.198	2.28 (0.27;18.99)	0.447
Gait analysis but no prescribed shoes	4.56 (1.31;15.94)	< 0.001	4.75 (1.28;17.69)	0.020
Price		0.596
Reason for acquisition		0.993
Influenced by advice of others (no influence is the reference)	2.63 (1.22;5.64)	0.013
Impulsiveness		0.268
Influencing factors
Colour		0.107
Model (neutral is the reference)
Not at all	4.62 (1.66;12.88)	0.003
Not	2.91 (1.05;8.06)	0.040
Much	0.84 (0.35;2.03)	0.689
Very much	0.73 (0.22;2.43)	0.608
Material		0.061
Closure mechanism (neutral is the reference)
Not at all	5.27 (1.71;16.27)	0.004
Not	3.25 (1.09;9.66)	0.035
Much	1.51 (0.64;3.53)	0.345
Very much	1.15 (0.36;3.67)	0.818
Presence of special properties		0.309
Price		0.459
Quality		0.252
Price/quality ratio		0.208
Sales and discount		0.962
Brand		0.380
Fashion		0.773
Advertisement		0.275
Comfort		0.939
Necessity		0.663
Sport specificity		0.118
Right fitting (neutral is the reference)
Much	0.11 (0.02;0.57)	0.009	0.11 (0.02;0.67)	0.017
Very much	0.30 (0.06;1.39)	0.123	0.29 (0.05;1.63)	0.160
Technology		0.343
Store service		0.870

Only for significant variables the odds ratios are shown. Only variables with a p-value > 0.2 in the univariate analysis were considered for the multivariable analysis. P-values < 0.05 are reflected in bold

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