Elevated levels of TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6 in the synovial tissue of patients with labral tear: a comparative study with hip osteoarthritis

Table 5 Characteristics of patients from whom synovial fibroblasts were harvested for synovial culture

	Labral tear	Late-stage HOA	P value
Male/female	3/2	0/5	0.050
Age (years)	45.8 ± 2.7	63.8 ± 1.6	0.009*
BMI (kg/m²)	23.9 ± 1.4	21.5 ± 1.5	0.172
AS/THA	5/0	0/5	< 0.001*
VAS rest	1.3 ± 0.5	1.6 ± 0.5	0.832
VAS gait	4.5 ± 0.9	7.0 ± 1.1	0.172
Kellgren-Lawrence classification (0/1/2/3/4)	0/5/0/0/0	0/0/0/0/5	0.003*

HOA hip osteoarthritis; BMI body mass index; AS arthroscopic surgery; THA total hip arthroplasty; VAS visual analogue scale
*P < 0.05

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