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Table 2 The area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC) of inflammatory PBL gene expression biomarkers to radiographic fast progressors of JSN (> 0.5 mm) at 24 months in patients with SKOA in NYU extended and OAI cohorts

From: The combination of an inflammatory peripheral blood gene expression and imaging biomarkers enhance prediction of radiographic progression in knee osteoarthritis

Fast progressors (JSN > 0.5 mm) vs. non-progressors (JSN ≤ 0.0 mm)

AUC (95% CI)

Adjusted p value for model

NYU (n = 243)

 Age

0.48 (0.39–0.56)

0.711

 Sex

0.62 (0.54–0.71)

0.001

 BMI

0.61 (0.53–0.69)

0.004

 Age + sex + BMI (ASB)

0.65 (0.57–0.73)

< 0.0001

 IL-1β

0.62 (0.53–0.70)

0.003

 COX-2

0.68 (0.60–0.75)

< 0.0001

 TNFα

0.66 (0.57–0.74)

< 0.0001

 IL-1β + COX-2 + TNFα

0.60 (0.5 2–0.69)

0.008

 IL-1β + ASB

0.65 (0.57–0.73)

< 0.0001

 COX-2 + ASB

0.66 (0.58–0.74)

< 0.0001

 TNFα + ASB

0.64 (0.56–0.72)

< 0.0001

 IL-1β + COX-2 + TNFα + ASB

0.66 (0.58–0.74)

< 0.0001

OAI (n = 203)

 Age

0.38 (0.27–0.49)

0.987

 Sex

0.50 (0.39–0.61)

0.482

 BMI

0.38 (0.27–0.48)

0.989

 Age + sex + BMI (ASB)

0.36 (0.26–0.47)

0.995

 IL-1β

0.76 (0.66–0.85)

< 0.0001

 COX-2

0.64 (0.53–0.75)

0.006

 TNFα

0.68 (0.58–0.79)

< 0.0001

 IL-1β + COX-2 + TNFα

0.69 (0.59–0.79)

< 0.0001

 IL-1β + ASB

0.63 (0.53–0.73)

0.007

 COX-2 + ASB

0.50 (0.38–0.61)

0.513

 TNFα + ASB

0.56 (0.45–0.67)

0.158

 IL-1β + COX-2 + TNFα + ASB

0.59 (0.48–0.69)

0.063

NYU + OAI combined (n = 436)

 Age

0.47 (0.40–0.54)

0.822

 Sex

0.56 (0.49–0.63)

0.039

 BMI

0.57 (0.50–0.64)

0.021

 Age + sex + BMI (ASB)

0.57 (0.50–0.63)

0.019

 IL-1β

0.66 (0.60–0.72)

< 0.0001

 COX-2

0.66 (0.59–0.72)

< 0.0001

 TNFα

0.67 (0.60–0.73)

< 0.0001

 IL-1β + COX-2 + TNFα

0.63 (0.57–0.70)

< 0.0001

 IL-1β + ASB

0.60 (0.54–0.67)

0.001

 COX-2 + ASB

0.59 (0.53–0.66)

0.003

 TNFα + ASB

0.57 (0.50–0.64)

0.019

 IL-1β + COX-2 + TNFα + ASB

0.61 (0.54–0.68)

0.001

  1. ASB age, sex, and BMI, JSN joint space narrowing, SKOA symptomatic knee OA, AUC area under the (receiver operating characteristic) curve, 95% CI 95% confidence interval; All comparisons are versus non-progressors (JSN ≤ 0 mm). NYU cohort: non-progressors (n = 115) and fast progressors (n = 72); OAI cohort: non-progressors (n = 76) and fast progressors (n = 44)