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Table 2 Annual change and rate in tibial plateau bone area

From: The determinants of change in tibial plateau bone area in osteoarthritic knees: a cohort study

   

Crude analysis

Adjusted analysis

Annual change

Total

P

Men

Women

P a

Men

Women

P b

Increase, mm2

        

   Medial

36.8 ± 70.7

<0.001

38.3 ± 62.6

35.7 ± 76.1

0.85

70.8 ± 12.3

13.5 ± 9.6

0.002

   Lateral

19.1 ± 60.1

0.004

16.5 ± 83.9

20.4 ± 45.1

0.77

17.2 ± 13.3

20.1 ± 8.5

0.87

Change %

        

   Medial

2.2 ± 6.9

<0.001

1.6 ± 2.8

2.6 ± 8.7

0.49

5.4 ± 1.1

0.004 ± 0.9

0.001

   Lateral

1.5 ± 4.3

0.004

1.3 ± 5.8

1.6 ± 3.4

0.79

1.6 ± 0.9

1.5 ± 0.6

0.95

  1. Values are mean ± standard deviations, or means ± standard errors for adjusted analysis. aMen vs women. bMen vs women, adjusted for age, body mass index, physical activity, grade of osteophytes, grade of joint-space narrowing, and baseline tibial plateau bone area.
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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