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Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2010 Aug 7;18(11):1408–1416. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.07.012

Table 5.

Cartilage and Meniscus T1rho stratified by posterior horn medial meniscal grade.

	CARTILAGE T1rho (ms)				MENISCUS T1rho (ms)
	LFC	MFC	LT	MT	AHLAT	PHLAT	AHMED	PHMED
Meniscus Grade 0 (n=23)
Mean	39.87	41.48	35.36	34.86	13.47	12.50	12.42	13.94
SD	4.18	5.39	4.08	4.20	2.79	2.26	2.11	2.00
Mensicus Grade 1 (n= 17)
Mean	40.48	42.14	36.07	34.78	14.14	14.36	13.13	17.16
SD	3.86	3.85	4.10	3.45	3.56	4.54	2.65	3.72
p-value (vs. grade 0)				0.998	0.862	0.176		0.094
Meniscus grades 2– 4(n= 23)
Mean	41.99	44.15	37.37	39.34^*^#	16.44^*	14.87^*	13.73	23.73^*^#
SD	4.10	4.63	5.84	7.23	4.85	2.85	3.09	6.96
p-value (vs. grade 0)				0.017	0.036	0.043		<0.001
p-value (vs. grade 1)				0.027	0.187	0.878		<0.001
ANOVA Prob > F	0.204	0.151	0.365	0.008	0.037	0.042	0.256	<0.001

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 condyle; LT=lateral tibia; MT=medial tibia; AHLAT=anterior horn lateral meniscus; PHLAT=posterior horn lateral meniscus; AHMED=anterior horn medial meniscus; PHMED=posterior horn medial meniscus; SD= standard deviation.