Table 2 |
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Annual change and rate in tibial plateau bone area |
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Crude analysis |
Adjusted analysis |
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Annual change |
Total |
P |
Men |
Women |
Pa |
Men |
Women |
Pb |
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Increase, mm2 |
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Medial |
36.8 ± 70.7 |
<0.001 |
38.3 ± 62.6 |
35.7 ± 76.1 |
0.85 |
70.8 ± 12.3 |
13.5 ± 9.6 |
0.002 |
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Lateral |
19.1 ± 60.1 |
0.004 |
16.5 ± 83.9 |
20.4 ± 45.1 |
0.77 |
17.2 ± 13.3 |
20.1 ± 8.5 |
0.87 |
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Change % |
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Medial |
2.2 ± 6.9 |
<0.001 |
1.6 ± 2.8 |
2.6 ± 8.7 |
0.49 |
5.4 ± 1.1 |
0.004 ± 0.9 |
0.001 |
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Lateral |
1.5 ± 4.3 |
0.004 |
1.3 ± 5.8 |
1.6 ± 3.4 |
0.79 |
1.6 ± 0.9 |
1.5 ± 0.6 |
0.95 |
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Values are mean ± standard deviations, or means ± standard errors for adjusted analysis. aMen vs women. bMen vs women, adjusted for age, body mass index, physical activity, grade of osteophytes, grade of joint-space narrowing, and baseline tibial plateau bone area. |
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Wang et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2005 7:R687 doi:10.1186/ar1726 |
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