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Table 1 Baseline characteristics and responder status of study population

From: Accuracy of injection and short-term pain relief following intra-articular corticosteroid injection in knee osteoarthritis – an observational study

Characteristics

n = 105

Age [years] [mean (SD)]

63.1 (11.3)

Female [n (%)]

62 (59%)

BMI [mean (SD)]

30.8 (5.5)

Previous injection [n (%)]

60 (57%)

Baseline WOMAC Pain [mean(SD)]

266 (95.5)

US effusion depth [mm] [Mean (SD)]

3.74 (2.27)

PD grade [median (IQR)]

0 (0,1)

Osteophyte grade [median (IQR)]

2 (1, 3)

JSN grade [median (IQR)]

2 (1,2)

hs CRP [mg/L] [median (IQR)]

4.4 (1.7,7.1)

Positive US arthrogram [n (%)]

74 (70.5%)

Responders at 3 weeks [n (%)]

63 (60.6%)

Responder at 9 weeks [n (%)]

43 (45.7%)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, PD power Doppler, JSN joint space narrowing, hsCRP high-sensitivity CRP, US ultrasound
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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