Table II.

Associations between MMP inhibitor treatment, OA structural severity, osteochondral vascularity and pain behavior

	MMP inhibitor dose	Chondropathy	Osteophytosis	Osteochondral vascularity
Chondropathy	−0.38*
Osteophytosis	−0.29	0.64**
Osteochondral vascularity	−0.89**	0.39*	0.32*
Pain behavior	0.46**	−0.38*	−0.20	−0.33*

Values are Spearman's correlation coefficients. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01