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Table 5 Baseline parameters predicting medial compartment cartilage volume loss at 24 months: multivariate linear regression

From: Long term evaluation of disease progression through the quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis patients: correlation with clinical symptoms and radiographic changes

Baseline parameter

Regression coefficient (beta)

T value

P value

Severe medial meniscal extrusion

-0.28

-2.68

0.008

Medial compartment cartilage volume

-0.36

-2.56

0.012

SF36 physical component

-0.21

-1.95

0.05

Bone edema

-0.30

-1.89

0.06

Age

-0.13

-1.35

0.18

  1. Variables used in the model: age, gender, weight, body mass index, Western Ontario McMaster Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) pain, function and total score, patient global scale, SF-36 physical component, baseline medial cartilage volume, meniscal tear and extrusion, bone edema, smoking, urinary C-terminal crosslinking telopeptide of collagen type II.