Table 3 The differences in joint-SUVmean and intra-articular SUVmax according to OA symptom count of the knees
Symptom count of the knee joints | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
n | 104 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | |
Age (yr) | 53.9 ± 11.5 | 51.9 ± 12.0 | 58.0 ± 3.6 | 66.5 ± 4.9 | 56.4 ± 13.3 | 81.0 ± 0.0 | 0.01* |
BW (kg) | 61.8 ± 12.0 | 63.9 ± 14.5 | 66.5 ± 7.9 | 61.2 ± 8.8 | 64.2 ± 7.9 | 67.0 ± 0.0 | 0.744 |
HT(cm) | 163.2 ± 8.9 | 163.2 ± 8.5 | 161.7 ± 8.4 | 163.8 ± 5.6 | 162.6 ± 9.1 | 155.0 ± 0.0 | 0.836 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 23.1 ± 3.2 | 23.8 ± 3.8 | 25.4 ± 2.4 | 22.8 ± 2.8 | 24.3 ± 2.9 | 27.9 ± 0.0 | 0.04* |
SUVmax | 1.49 ± 0.40 | 1.61 ± 0.62 | 1.53 ± 0.48 | 1.77 ± 0.47 | 2.06 ± 0.59 | 2.30 ± 0.42 | 0.01* |
SUVmean | 0.89 ± 0.18 | 0.88 ± 0.20 | 0.99 ± 0.25 | 0.90 ± 0.16 | 1.06 ± 0.29 | 1.15 ± 0.07 | 0.051 |