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Table 1 Patient Demographics

From: Associations between proinflammatory cytokines in the synovial fluid and radiographic grading and pain-related scores in 47 consecutive patients with osteoarthritis of the knee

 

Gender

Disease duration

(months)**

Total

 

Male

Female

  

No. of Patients

22 (21)

28 (26)

 

50 (47)

Average age (years)

69.6 ± 7.3

69.8 ± 11.3

 

70.0 ± 2.1

KL grading

    

1

6

4

4.83 ± 2.0

10

2

6

9

14.8 ± 8.9

15

3

5

8

33.9 ± 18.6

13

4

5 (4)*

7 (5)*

45.3 ± 21.4

12 (9)*

  1. *No fluid was obtained from 3 patients (1 man and 2 women), and thus, the numbers in parenthesis indicate the effective numbers for the present study.
  2. **Described as mean ± SEM
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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