Table 4.

Knee-bending Activities vs. T2 Values and WORMS^†

T2 Values	Frequent Knee-bending Activities
	Incidence Cohort			Normal Cohort
	No (n=37)	Yes (n=91)	p value‡	No (n=16)	Yes (n=17)	p value‡
TF Joint	43.3 ± 2.7	44.7 ± 2.4	0.002*	39.8 ± 2.0	41.6 ± 2.8	0.009*
MFC	49.4 ± 3.7	51.0 ± 3.5	0.004*	47.0 ± 3.8	49.9 ± 3.4	0.010*
MT	37.8 ± 3.1	39.4 ± 2.6	0.007*	32.5 ± 1.7	35.4 ± 3.8	0.005*
LFC	47.5 ± 3.5	49.1 ± 3.3	0.005*	44.1 ± 2.6	45.1 ± 3.4	0.360
LT	38.8 ± 3.2	39.4 ± 3.3	0.247	35.5 ± 3.2	36.1 ± 3.4	0.282
Patella	42.6 ± 3.5	44.5 ± 3.8	0.011*	41.5 ± 4.5	42.3 ± 5.4	0.897
WORMS
Cartilage Max	1.11 ± 1.33	2.35 ± 1.70	<0.0001*	1.82 ± 1.14	2.00 ± 1.84	0.589
Cartilage >1§	32%	68%	<0.0001*	64%	65%	0.760

^†Values are the mean ± SD unless otherwise noted. T2 values are in ms.

^‡Multiple linear regression analysis unless otherwise noted

^§Logistic regression analysis

^*Signficantly different if p<0.05. All analyses adjusted for sex, age, and BMI.