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Table 2 Temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis scoring

From: Diet-induced obesity differentially regulates behavioral, biomechanical, and molecular risk factors for osteoarthritis in mice

Parameter

Control

LG

HG

Diet (Pvalue)

Diet × percentage body fat (Pvalue)

Temporomandibular Composite score

7.0 ± 0.4

8.6 ± 0.5

8.4 ± 1.7

0.16

0.77

Cartilage degeneration

2.7 ± 0.3

3.4 ± 0.3

2.9 ± 1.1

0.56

0.96

Safranin-O loss

4.2 ± 0.3

5.2 ± 0.6

5.5 ± 0.9

0.10

0.67

  1. Comparisons with control values or between low gainer (LG) and high gainer (HG) high-fat diet-fed groups were not statistically significant (P > 0.05).