Predictors of cartilage degeneration in patients with subchondral insufficiency fracture of the femoral head: a retrospective study

Table 2 Comparisons between patients who could complete weight-bearing limitation and those who could not

	WB limitation (18 hips)	Non-WB limitation (26 hips)	P value
Male to female	5:13	3:23	0.170
Age, years	53.8 (4.3)	67.2 (2.0)	*0.003*
BMI, kg/m²	26.4 (1.8)	25.1 (1.1)	0.525
Period from pain onset to visit, months	1.1 (0.2)	2.5 (0.4)	*0.008*
Osteoporosis therapy, case (%)	1 (5.6%)	6 (22.2%)	0.118
Total hip arthroplasty, case (%)	3 (16.7%)	12 (46.2%)	*0.042*
Radiography findings
JSW at the first visit, mm	4.15 (0.19)	4.25 (0.21)	0.785
Changes in JSW, mm	1.12 (0.36)	2.24 (0.36)	*0.039*
Center-edge angle, degree	25.9 (1.6)	24.2 (1.4)	0.428

Data are represented as the mean (standard error of the mean)
WB weight-bearing, BMI body mass index, JSW joint space width, AC acetabulum

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