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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2010 Aug 7;18(11):1408–1416. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.07.012

Table 4.

Cartilage morphology measures stratified by posterior horn medial meniscus grade.

CARTILAGE THICKNESS
(mm)		 CARTILAGE VOLUME
(mm3)
LFC MFC LT MT LFC MFC LT MT
Meniscus Grade 0
(n=23)		 1.50 1.48 1.95 1.35 503 365 253 182
Mean 0.264 0.334 0.351 0.276 145 136 88.7 53
SD
Mensicus Grade 1
(n= 17)
Mean 1.53 1.49 1.74 1.29 449 353 216 159
SD 0.317 0.279 0.533 0.280 152 118 92.7 56
p-value (vs. grade 0) 0.797 0.426
Meniscus Grades 2–
4 (n= 23)
Mean 1.59 1.30 1.70 1.12* 488 289 205 138*
SD 0.355 0.376 0.470 0.291 195 128 91.9 54
p-value (vs. grade 0) 0.027 0.024
p-value (vs. grade 1) 0.174 0.477
ANOVA Prob > F 0.608 0.106 0.148 0.029 0.620 0.123 0.191 0.031
*

Significantly different than meniscal grade 0 (p<0.05).

#

Significantly different than meniscal grade 1 (p<0.05).

LFC=lateral femoral condyle; MFC=medial femoral conydle; LT=lateral tibia; MT=medial tibia; SD= standard deviation.