Table 3.
The differences in joint-SUVmean and intra-articular SUVmax according to OA symptom count of the knees
| |
Symptom count of the knee joints |
p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| n |
104 |
26 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
2 |
|
| Age (yr) |
53.9 ± 11.5 |
51.9 ± 12.0 |
58.0 ± 3.6 |
66.5 ± 4.9 |
56.4 ± 13.3 |
81.0 ± 0.0 |
0.01* |
| BW (kg) |
61.8 ± 12.0 |
63.9 ± 14.5 |
66.5 ± 7.9 |
61.2 ± 8.8 |
64.2 ± 7.9 |
67.0 ± 0.0 |
0.744 |
| HT(cm) |
163.2 ± 8.9 |
163.2 ± 8.5 |
161.7 ± 8.4 |
163.8 ± 5.6 |
162.6 ± 9.1 |
155.0 ± 0.0 |
0.836 |
| BMI (kg/m2) |
23.1 ± 3.2 |
23.8 ± 3.8 |
25.4 ± 2.4 |
22.8 ± 2.8 |
24.3 ± 2.9 |
27.9 ± 0.0 |
0.04* |
| SUVmax |
1.49 ± 0.40 |
1.61 ± 0.62 |
1.53 ± 0.48 |
1.77 ± 0.47 |
2.06 ± 0.59 |
2.30 ± 0.42 |
0.01* |
| SUVmean | 0.89 ± 0.18 | 0.88 ± 0.20 | 0.99 ± 0.25 | 0.90 ± 0.16 | 1.06 ± 0.29 | 1.15 ± 0.07 | 0.051 |
value = mean ± SD.
BW; body weight, HT; height, BMI; body mass index.
*; p < 0.05.