|
No BML
|
BML on T2 only
|
BML on T1 and T2
|
p value2
|
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N = 258
|
N = 9
|
N = 29
|
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Age (years)
|
57.7 (5.2)
|
59.8 (7.6)
|
59.9 (6.0)
|
0.06
|
Gender, n (%) female
|
159 (62)
|
7 (78)
|
20 (69)
|
0.483
|
BMI (kgm−2)
|
25.7 (4.1)
|
27.0 (4.0)
|
27.5 (5.5)
|
0.09
|
Baseline tibial cartilage volume (mm3)
|
Medial
|
1695 (532)
|
1609 (382)
|
1807 (554)
|
0.49
|
Lateral
|
2026 (648)
|
1994 (724)
|
2012 (610)
|
0.98
|
- Results expressed as mean (standard deviation) or number (%)
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BML bone marrow lesion, BMI body mass index
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1One participant had a BML present only on T1-weighted sequences, and was not included
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2
p value expressed as F test – pairwise comparisons among the unadjusted means
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3Chi-square test