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Table 2 Association between patient characteristics and IFP size measured on MRI

From: Lack of high BMI-related features in adipocytes and inflammatory cells in the infrapatellar fat pad (IFP)

Variable

Univariate

Multivariate

Covariate height

Covariate gender

 

B (95% CI)

P value

B (95% CI)

P value

B (95% CI)

P value

B (95% CI)

P value

Age

-0.07 (-0.2; 0.1)

0.417

  

0.06 (-0.1; 0.2)

0.369

-0.08 (-0.2; 0.06)

0.258

Gender

6.93 (4.8; 9.0)

<0.001

4.24 (-0.8; 9.3)

0.098

3.33 (0.9; 5.7)

0.006

  

BMI

-0.14 (-0.4; 0.1)

0.258

  

-0.05 (-0.2; 0.1)

0.560

-0.06 (-0.2; 0.1)

0.549

Waist-to-hip ratio

19.8 (5.9; 33.7)

0.006

-6.32 (-20.4; 7.7)

0.373

4.72 (-6.7; 16.1)

0.412

-9.5 (-24.7; 5.9)

0.222

Waist circumference

0.04 (-0.06; 0.1)

0.391

  

0.003 (-0.1; 0.1)

0.932

-0.02 (-0.1; 0.06)

0.682

Fat percentage

-0.29 (-0.4; -0.2)

<0.001

0.01 (-0.3; 0.3)

0.943

-0.13 (-0.3; -0.1)

0.024

0.02 (-0.2; 0.2)

0.824

Height

0.41 (0.3; 0.5)

<0.001

0.31 (0.2; 0.4)

<0.001

  

0.29 (0.2; 0.4)

<0.001

Weight

0.08 (0.01; 0.2)

0.023

-0.02 (-0.1; 0.1)

0.773

-0.02 (-0.1; 0.1)

0.475

0.04 (-0.02; 0.1)

0.207

KL score

0.28 (-0.9; 1.5)

0.648

  

-0.29 (-1.2; 0.6)

0.523

-0.5 (-1.5; 0.5)

0.291

  1. IFP infrapatellar fat pad, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, BMI body mass index, KL Kellgren and Lawrence