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Table 3 Association between ultrasound-detected pathologies and clinical and functional measures

From: Musculoskeletal ultrasound in symptomatic thumb-base osteoarthritis: clinical, functional, radiological and muscle strength associations

 

Synovitisa

Power Dopplera

Osteophyteb

Erosionb

VAS pain

 Adjusted β

0.60

11.29

0.24

−12.91

  (95% CI)

(−3.91–5.12)

(2.47–20.12)

(− 6.12–6.61)

(− 33.88–8.07)

 P (2-tailed)

0.79

0.02

0.94

0.22

Pinch strength

 Adjusted β

0.120

−0.01

−0.16

0.85

  (95% CI)

(−0.22–0.46)

(− 0.63–0.66)

(−0.64–0.33)

(− 0.76–2.46)

 P (2-tailed)

0.48

0.97

0.53

0.30

Grip Strength

 Adjusted β

0.82

−0.71

1.27

1.84

  (95% CI)

(−1.17–2.81)

(−4.56–3.13)

(− 1.50–4.04)

(−7.28–10.97)

 P (2-tailed)

0.42

0.71

0.36

0.69

FIHOA

 Adjusted β

−.35

0.40

0.21

−2.84

  (95% CI)

(−1.47–0.78)

(−1.93–2.72)

(−1.52–1.94)

(−8.53–2.86)

 P (2-tailed)

0.54

0.74

0.81

0.32

  1. Β β coefficient, FIHOA Functional index for hand osteoarthritis, VAS Visual analogue scale;
  2. 95% CI = 95% confidence interval
  3. aAdjusted for age, sex, and body mass index, disease duration and KL grade
  4. bAdjusted for age, sex, body mass index, and disease duration