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Table 4 Association between joint space narrowing (JSN) progression and bone marrow lesion (BML) volume change

From: Evaluation of bone marrow lesion volume as a knee osteoarthritis biomarker - longitudinal relationships with pain and structural changes: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative

  

JSN progression

  

Rank for change in BML volume

Median

(min, max) cm 3

No

Yes

Odds ratio*

(95% CI)

Overall

P value

Medial or lateral JSN progression (n = 350)

    

BML regression (n = 87)

-0.97 (-12.59, -0.46)

66 (76%)

21 (24%)

1.86 (0.96 to 3.60)

 

No to minimal BML change (n = 176)

(middle two quartiles collapsed)

-0.05 (-0.46, 0.24)

150 (85%)

26 (15%)

Reference

0.11

BML progression (n = 87)

0.73 (0.25, 10.02)

66 (76%)

21 (24%)

1.79 (0.92 to 3.46)

 

Medial JSN progression (n = 301)

     

Medial TF BML regression (n = 75)

-0.97 (-9.48, -0.46)

53 (74%)

19 (26%)

3.07 (1.44 to 6.57)

 

No to minimal medial TF BML change (n = 151)

(middle two quartiles collapsed)

-0.08 (-0.46, 0.23)

130 (89%)

16 (11%)

Reference

0.01

Medial TF BML progression (n = 75)

0.65 (0.23, 4.76)

58 (81%)

14 (19%)

1.62 (0.73 to 3.61)

 
  1. All changes are based on change between the 24- and 48-month Osteoarthritis Initiative visits. *Odds ratios are adjusted for sex, baseline age (<65 years, ≥65 years), and baseline body mass index (<30 kg/m2, ≥30 kg/m2). 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; TF, tibiofemoral.