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Table 1 Baseline characteristics, N = 122, n (%) unless otherwise specified

From: Association between statins and progression of osteoarthritis features on magnetic resonance imaging in a predominantly pre-radiographic cohort: the Vancouver Longitudinal Study of Early Knee Osteoarthritis (VALSEKO): a cohort study

 

Overall

(wgt. N = 122.0)

n (%) or mean (SD)

Statin Users

(wgt. N = 9.4a)

n (%) or mean (SD)

Statin Non-users

(wgt. N = 112.6)

n (%) or mean (SD)

p-value**

Age, mean (SD)

55.5 (9.1)

61.7 (8.9)

55.0 (9.0)

0.031

Female

68.0 (55.7)

3.8 (40.9)

64.2 (57.0)

0.340

BMI, mean (SD)

26.1 (4.0)

29.5 (4.2)

25.8 (3.9)

0.007

Hypertension

18.9 (15.5)

2.6 (27.5)

16.4 (14.5)

0.293

Dyslipidemia

15.9 (13.1)

6.2 (66.1)

9.7 (8.7)

< 0.001

Cardio/cerebrovascular disease

5.0 (4.1)

1.9 (20.5)

3.1 (2.8)

0.009

Diabetes Mellitus

10.4 (8.5)

3.6 (38.9)

6.8 (6.0)

< 0.001

KL grade

   

< 0.001

 0

49.7 (40.8)

0.8 (8.1)

49.0 (43.5)

 1

24.0 (19.7)

1.1 (11.3)

23.0 (20.4)

 2

27.4 (22.5)

0.9 (9.2)

26.6 (23.6)

 3

13.8 (11.3)

4.7 (49.6)

9.1 (8.1)

 4

7.1 (5.8)

2.0 (21.8)

5.0 (4.5)

WOMAC pain, mean (SD)

19.1 (17.3)

24.7 (21.2)

18.6 (17.0)

0.304

WOMAC function, mean (SD)

16.8 (17.3)

25.5 (17.5)

16.1 (17.2)

0.111

WOMAC stiffness, mean (SD)

23.3 (23.0)

45.7 (29.6)

21.4 (21.3)

0.002

Max cartilage damage score

   

0.209

 0/1

18.4 (15.1)

0.0 (0.0)

18.4 (16.4)

 2

34.2 (28.0)

1.8 (19.4)

32.4 (28.7)

 3

39.5 (32.4)

2.9 (30.5)

36.7 (32.6)

 4

29.9 (24.5)

4.7 (50.1)

25.2 (22.4)

Max osteophytes score

   

0.093

 0

6.8 (5.6)

0.0 (0.0)

6.8 (6.1)

 1

52.5 (43.0)

1.8 (19.4)

50.6 (45.0)

 2

49.3 (40.4)

4.5 (47.8)

44.8 (39.8)

 3

13.4 (11.0)

3.1 (32.8)

10.3 (9.2)

Max BML score

   

0.758

 0

53.3 (43.7)

2.8 (30.4)

50.5 (44.8)

 1

26.6 (21.8)

1.8 (19.5)

24.8 (22.0)

 2

29.5 (24.2)

3.2 (33.9)

26.3 (23.4)

 3

12.5 (10.3)

1.5 (16.2)

11.0 (9.8)

MRI effusion

   

0.905

 0

31.3 (25.6)

1.7 (17.7)

29.6 (26.3)

 1

54.6 (44.8)

5.1 (54.7)

49.5 (43.9)

 2

30.9 (25.3)

2.1 (22.0)

28.8 (25.6)

 3

5.2 (4.3)

0.5 (5.6)

4.7 (4.2)

  1. aOur analysis is population weighted using decade-gender stratum sampling weights, and the reported numbers are weighted numbers
  2. ** Chi-square test for categorical/binary variables, or t-test for continuous variables