Table 1 Characteristics of participants (split by median level of interleukin 17)

Age, years^a

55.45 (8.25)

54.07 (8.17)

56.66 (8.39)

0.044

Female sex, %^b

88.2

89

87

0.634

Height, cm^a

159.00 (6.89)

159.09 (7.01)

158.58 (6.88)

0.638

Weight, kg^a

64.83 (10.56)

64.23 (9.62)

65.09 (10.70)

0.591

BMI, kg/m^2a

25.64 (3.85)

25.35 (3.20)

25.87 (3.88)

0.341

K-L grade, %^b

0.268

 1

27.9

25.7

28.6

 2

41.9

50.0

35.1

 3

25.7

20.3

31.2

 4

4.5

4.1

5.2

Knee ROA, %^b

72.1

74.3

71.4

0.689

IPFP signal intensity alteration, %^b

43.1

44.2

40

0.298

IPFP volume, mm^3a

20.46 (5.01)

20.57 (5.53)

20.42 (4.88)

0.855

Adiponectin, pg/ml^c

18.67 (3.94–53.07)

35.08 (11.36–71.26)

12.82 (3.00–46.94)

0.001

Resistin, ng/ml^c

2.37 (1.40–5.57)

2.18 (1.45–4.86)

2.81 (1.32–5.78)

0.532