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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 7.

Correlations of T1rho and T2 relaxation times [ms] with WOMAC Scores.

	Pain		Stiffness		Function		Total
	T1ρ	T2	T1ρ	T2	T1ρ	T2	T1ρ	T2
CARTILAGE
LFC	0.123	0.130	0.249^*	0.089	0.231	0.135	0.216	0.134
p-value	0.338	0.308	0.049	0.486	0.068	0.289	0.089	0.293
MFC	0.302^*	0.227	0.371^*	0.234	0.298^*	0.127	0.314^*	0.161
p-value	0.016	0.074	0.003	0.065	0.018	0.322	0.012	0.206
LT	−0.028	0.149	0.148	0.252^*	0.031	0.212	0.028	0.208
p-value	0.825	0.245	0.242	0.047	0.807	0.096	0.817	0.102
MT	0.331^*	0.387^*	0.304^*	0.371^*	0.270^*	0.415^*	0.294^*	0.417^*
p-value	0.008	0.002	0.015	0.003	0.033	<0.001	0.019	<0.001
Patella	0.021	0.227	0.108	0.164	0.098	0.153	0.085	0.174
p-value	0.868	0.079	0.403	0.205	0.449	0.239	0.512	0.180
MENISCUS
AHMED	−0.341	0.259^*	0.011	0.142	−0.022	0.174	−0.018	0.186
p-value	0.793	0.042	0.905	0.269	0.864	0.176	0.891	0.148
PHMED	0.503^*	0.526^*	0.403^*	0.404^*	0.502^*	0.550^*	0.501^*	0.533^*
p-value	<0.001	<0.001	0.001	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
AHLAT	0.319^*	0.3956^*	0.296^*	0.352^*	0.256	0.208^*	0.268^*	0.305^*
p-value	0.014	0.002	0.023	0.007	0.050	0.048	0.040	0.020
PHLAT	0.419	0.414^*	0.361^*	0.325^*	0.419^*	0.351^*	0.422^*	0.364^*
p-value	<0.001	<0.001	0.004	0.010	<0.001	0.005	<0.001	0.004

Correlation coefficient significant at p<0.05.

WOMAC=Western Ontario and McMasters Universities Arthritis Index; LFC=lateral femoral condyle; MFC=medial femoral condyle; LT=lateral tibia; MT=medial tibia; AHMED=anterior horn medial meniscus; PHMED=posterior horn medial meniscus; AHLAT=anterior horn lateral meniscus; PHLAT=posterior horn lateral meniscus.