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Table 10 Twenty-four month change in semi-quantitative MRI biomarkers – cartilage

From: Semi-quantitative MRI biomarkers of knee osteoarthritis progression in the FNIH biomarkers consortium cohort − Methodologic aspects and definition of change

MRI feature

Biomarker

Overall n (%)

Controls

Cases

p-value

Cartilage

MOAKS Cartilage Morphology - entire knee number of areas with BL to 24 M worsening in thickness

    

 0

348 (58 %)

266 (65.5 %)

82 (42.3 %)

 

 1

132 (22 %)

83 (20.4 %)

49 (25.3 %)

 

 2

77 (13 %)

39 (9.6 %)

38 (19.6 %)

 

 3

34 (6 %)

13 (3.2 %)

21 (10.8 %)

 

 4

8 (1 %)

5 (1.2 %)

3 (1.5 %)

 

 6

1 (0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (0.5 %)

 
 

MOAKS Cartilage Morphology - entire knee number of areas with BL to 24 M worsening in thickness

   

<0.001

 No Change

348 (58 %)

266 (65.5 %)

82 (42.3 %)

 

 Worsen in 1 subregion

132 (22 %)

83 (20.4 %)

49 (25.3 %)

 

 Worsen in 2 subregions

77 (13 %)

39 (9.6 %)

38 (19.6 %)

 

 Worsen in 3+ subregions

43 (7 %)

18 (4.4 %)

25 (12.9 %)

 
 

MOAKS Cartilage Morphology - entire knee number of areas with BL to 24 M worsening in surface area (include within-grade change)

    

 0

246 (41 %)

193 (47.5 %)

53 (27.3 %)

 

 1

176 (29 %)

122 (30.0 %)

54 (27.8 %)

 

 2

91 (15 %)

52 (12.8 %)

39 (20.1 %)

 

 3

60 (10 %)

31 (7.6 %)

29 (14.9 %)

 

 4

20 (3 %)

6 (1.5 %)

14 (7.2 %)

 

 5

5 (1 %)

2 (0.5 %)

3 (1.5 %)

 

 6

1 (0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (0.5 %)

 

 8

1 (0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (0.5 %)

 

MOAKS Cartilage Morphology - entire knee number of areas with BL to 24 M worsening in surface area (include within-grade change)

   

<0.001

 No Change

246 (41 %)

193 (47.5 %)

53 (27.3 %)

 

 Worsen in 1 subregion

176 (29 %)

122 (30.0 %)

54 (27.8 %)

 

 Worsen in 2 subregions

91 (15 %)

52 (12.8 %)

39 (20.1 %)

 

 Worsen in 3+ subregions

87 (15 %)

39 (9.6 %)

48 (24.7 %)

 
 

MOAKS Cartilage Morphology - entire knee number of areas with BL to 24 M worsening in surface area (exclude within-grade change)

    

 0

382 (64 %)

277 (68.2 %)

105 (54.1 %)

 

 1

128 (21 %)

87 (21.4 %)

41 (21.1 %)

 

 2

56 (9 %)

31 (7.6 %)

25 (12.9 %)

 

 3

28 (5 %)

9 (2.2 %)

19 (9.8 %)

 

 4

3 (1 %)

2 (0.5 %)

1 (0.5 %)

 

 5

2 (0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

2 (1.0 %)

 

 6

1 (0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (0.5 %)

 
 

MOAKS Cartilage Morphology - entire knee number of areas with BL to 24 M worsening in surface area (exclude within-grade change)

   

<0.001

 No Change

382 (64 %)

277 (68.2 %)

105 (54.1 %)

 

 Worsen in 1 subregion

128 (21 %)

87 (21.4 %)

41 (21.1 %)

 

 Worsen in 2 subregions

56 (9 %)

31 (7.6 %)

25 (12.9 %)

 

 Worsen in 3+ subregions

34 (6 %)

11 (2.7 %)

23 (11.9 %)

 
  1. *statistically significant at p < 0.05; p values refer to differences between cases and controls across all grades