Frequency distribution of the main location of discontinuous denuded areas of subchondral bone (dAB) in the femorotibial subregions. The values give the percentage of cases in which a given subregion displayed dAB >10% of the subregion size in the 245 cases affected by “any” subregion. The total number of plates affected by dABs was 94 (cMF), 89 (cLF), 90 (MT) and 116 (LT). Note that any one knee could have dAB affecting >10% in more than one subregion (or no subregion affected by dAB > 10%) in each cartilage plate. cMF, weight-bearing medial femoral condyle; cLF, weight-bearing lateral femoral condyle; MT; LT; e, external, c, central; i, internal; a, anterior; p, posterior.