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Table 3 Agreement analysis of cartilage volume measured with different samples of 1.5 mm thick MRI slices in people with and without ROA*

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

 

ROA absent (n = 76)

ROA present (n = 68)

 

Difference (SD)

ICC†

Difference (SD)

ICC†

Lateral tibial cartilage

    

The whole sample

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

1/2 whole sample‡

-0.30(1.4)

1.00

0.24(1.6)

1.00

1/3 whole sample‡

-1.14(2.3)

1.00

-0.01(2.1)

1.00

1/4 whole sample‡

-1.85(3.4)

0.99

-0.29(3.4)

1.00

Medial tibial cartilage

    

The whole sample

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

1/2 whole sample‡

-0.39(1.7)

1.00

-0.77(2.2)

1.00

1/3 whole sample‡

-1.20(3.3)

0.99

-2.13(3.4)

0.99

1/4 whole sample‡

-2.56(5.3)

0.98

-3.77(4.5)

0.98

Patellar cartilage       

    

The whole sample

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

1/2 whole sample‡

-0.38(1.2)

1.00

-0.40(1.2)

1.00

1/3 whole sample‡

-0.87(1.9)

1.00

-1.10(2.0)

1.00

1/4 whole sample‡

-2.02(2.9)

1.00

-2.50(3.2)

1.00

  1. *Six subjects had missing values for ROA. Difference in cartilage volume measured with different thick slices of MR images is expressed as percentage. ICC: intraclass correlation coefficient. ROA: radiographic osteoarthritis. SD: standard deviation. † All P < 0.001. ‡ Derived by extracting one in two, one in three, or one in four 1.5 mm thick MRI slices.