Skip to main content

Table 5 Predictive probabilities of being a short term and longer term responder: radiographs and MRI features

From: Structural predictors of response to intra-articular steroid injection in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis

 

Probability

 

Overall KL maximal gradea

0

1

2

3

4

  

 Short term predicted probabilityb

0.87d

0.83d

0.78

0.71

0.64

  

 Longer term predicted probability

0.69d

0.49d

0.29

0.15

0.07

  

Overall JSN maximal scorec

0

1

2

3

   

 Short term predicted probabilityb

0.82

0.77

0.72

0.66

   

 Longer term predicted probability

0.38

0.27

0.18

0.12

   

Menisci maximal WORMS

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

 Short term predicted probability

0.72

0.70

0.69

0.68

0.67

0.66

0.64

 Longer term predicted probability

0.28

0.22

0.18

0.14

0.10

0.08

0.06

  1. KL Kellgren-Lawrence, JSN joint space narrowing, WORMS Whole Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score; amaximal KL grade of the tibiofemoral or patellofemoral joint; btrend not statistically significant; cmaximal JSN score of the lateral or medial tibiofemoral or patellofemoral joint; dvalues based on modelling