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Table 2 Agreement analysis of knee cartilage volume measured with different samples of 1.5 mm thick MRI slices*

From: Optimal sampling of MRI slices for the assessment of knee cartilage volume for cross-sectional and longitudinal studies

 

Whole sample (n = 150)

TASOAC sample (n = 100)

KCV sample (n = 50)

 

%Difference (SD)

ICC†

%Difference (SD)

ICC†

%Difference (SD)

ICC†

Lateral tibial cartilage

      

The whole sample

Reference

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1/2 whole sample‡

-0.04(1.5)

1.00

0.35(1.4)

1.00

-0.84(1.4)

1.00

1/3 whole sample‡

-0.61(2.3)

1.00

0.11(2.1)

1.00

-2.09(1.8)

1.00

1/4 whole sample‡

-1.12(3.4)

1.00

-0.11(3.0)

1.00

-3.18(3.3)

0.99

Medial tibial cartilage

      

The whole sample

Reference

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1/2 whole sample‡

-0.50(1.7)

1.00

-0.98(1.4)

1.00

0.46(1.7)

1.00

1/3 whole sample‡

-1.70(3.3)

0.99

-2.97(2.8)

0.99

0.83(2.9)

1.00

1/4 whole sample‡

-3.27(5.0)

0.98

-5.09(3.9)

0.97

0.38(4.9)

0.99

Patellar cartilage       

      

The whole sample

Reference

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1/2 whole sample‡

-0.36(1.2)

1.00

-0.40(1.2)

1.00

-0.29(1.3)

1.00

1/3 whole sample‡

-0.91(2.0)

1.00

-0.93(2.0)

1.00

-0.86(1.9)

1.00

1/4 whole sample‡

-2.24(3.0)

1.00

-2.12(2.9)

1.00

-2.50(3.3)

1.00

  1. * SD: standard deviation. ICC: intraclass correlation coefficient. † All P < 0.001. ‡ Derived by extracting one in two, one in three, or one in four of the 1.5 mm thick MRI slices.