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Table 1 Correlations between baseline characteristics and CTX-II ^a at baseline, at follow-up and change from baseline to follow-up

From: Relationship between CTX-II and patient characteristics, patient-reported outcome, muscle strength, and rehabilitation in patients with a focal cartilage lesion of the knee: a prospective exploratory cohort study of 48 patients

	CTX-II at baseline			CTX-II at follow-up			Δ^bCTX-II
Baseline characteristic	n	r^c	p^d	n	r^c	p^d	n	r^c	p^d
Age	48	-0.566	0.001	44	-0.694	<0.001	44	-0.199	ns
Gender	48	0.205	ns	44	0.187	ns	44	-0.069	ns
Body Mass Index	48	-0.247	ns	44	-0.151	ns	44	0.201	ns
Duration of symptoms	48	-0.088	ns	44	-0.086	ns	44	0.016	ns
Previous knee surgery	48	0.060	ns	44	-0.018	ns	44	0.005	ns
Size of cartilage lesion	46	0.100	ns	43	0.065	ns	43	-0.137	ns

^aLog transformed values; ^bΔ, change from baseline to follow-up; ^cr, Pearson correlation coefficient; ^dp, level of significance; ns, not significant.

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