Table 1 The joint-SUVmean and intra-articular SUVmax of the knees according to K/L grades

166

55.3±11.7

62.7±11.7

162.9±8.6

23.5±3.2

1.58 ± 0.49

0.91 ± 0.20

82

55.7 ± 12.1

69.3±11.1**

169.5±6.2**

24.1±3.1**

1.62 ± 0.48

0.94 ± 0.19*

84

54.9 ± 11.4

56.1±8.2

156.6±5.2

22.9±3.3

1.53 ± 0.49

0.88 ± 0.20

34

46.7 ± 11.3

63.9±12.9

163.1±10.3

23.8±3.1

1.42 ± 0.36

0.85 ± 0.18

61

55.1 ± 11.5

62.1±10.4

162.8±7.9

23.3±3.1

1.55 ± 0.45

0.88 ± 0.20

38

58.6 ± 10.5

63.7±14.2

164.1±9.0

23.5±4.1

1.61 ± 0.58

0.96 ± 0.19

33

60.6 ± 8.9

61.3±9.7

161.8±7.4

23.3±2.7

1.70 ± 0.51

0.97 ± 0.22

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

p-value

<0.01**

0.738

0.741

0.916

0.065

0.037*