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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2010 May 21;18(8):1008–1011. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.03.018

Table 1.

Non-annualized medial compartment JSN (Mean ± SD, mm) by treatment group: results in varus and non-varus OA knees

Varus OA Knees
(MAAest <178°)
Non-varus OA Knees
(MAAest ≥178°)


Doxycycline Placebo P* Doxycycline Placebo P*
16-mo JSN 0.26 ± 0.39 0.36 ± 0.57 0.230 0.12 ± 0.42 0.21 ± 0.52 0.080
N of knees 37 45 151 146
30-mo JSN 0.49 ± 0.64 0.55 ± 0.62 0.448 0.26 ± 0.58 0.42 ± 0.73 0.026
N of knees 35 42 146 138

Note: Estimated mechanical-axis angle (MAAest) was based on measurement of the anatomic-axis angle [12].

*

From mixed-effect (repeated measures) linear models adjusted for treatment group, baseline knee pain and JSW, visit (interim or closeout), clinical center, treatment group-clinical center interaction and treatment group-visit interaction.