Mylène Jansen

MRI cartilage thickness up to ten years after KJD 263 13 Figure 4 : Influence of baseline parameters on the whole-joint 2-year (n=18) and 10-year (n=7) changes, for all patients with a medial most affected compartment. For continuous parameters (age and BMI) the color map indicates the change per standard deviation increase; for sex the color map indicates male sex compared to female sex; for Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) grade the color map indicates the change per category increase. Table 2 : Influence of cartilage changes on total WOMAC change Change over 2 years Change over 10 years Effect estimate P -value Effect estimate P -value MAC femur -6.64 (-25.16 to 11.89) 0.476 1.28 (-16.11 to 18.67) 0.884 LAC femur -4.16 (-22.72 to 14.40) 0.652 2.48 (-16.11 to 21.07) 0.789 MAC tibia 5.50 (-13.32 to 24.26) 0.562 4.79 (-13.76 to 23.35) 0.609 LAC tibia 13.16 (-8.64 to 34.97) 0.228 24.00 (2.29 to 45.69) 0.031 Estimates and 95% confidence interval are given. LAC: least affected compartment; MAC: most affected compartment.