Table 5.
Rate of change of WORMS scores over 6 years
| Ethnicity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Americans | Caucasian Americans | ||||
| WORMS scores | rate/year* | 95% CI | rate/year* | 95% CI | p |
| Total score | 0.99 | 0.79–1.19 | 0.81 | 0.61–1.01 | 0.193 |
| Cartilage | |||||
| Sum of all regions | 0.54 | 0.41–0.66 | 0.48 | 0.35–0.61 | 0.526 |
| LFC | 0.06 | 0.02–0.89 | 0.08 | 0.04–0.12 | 0.388 |
| LT | 0.14 | 0.09–0.19 | 0.11 | 0.07–0.16 | 0.399 |
| MFC | 0.07 | 0.02–0.11 | 0.09 | 0.04–0.13 | 0.49 |
| MT | 0.07 | 0.04–0.09 | 0.06 | 0.03–0.08 | 0.619 |
| P | 0.2 | 0.14–0.26 | 0.13 | 0.07–0.19 | 0.133 |
| BMEP | |||||
| Sum of all regions | 0.17 | 0.12–0.22 | 0.11 | 0.06–0.16 | 0.109 |
| LFC | −0.01 | −0.02–0.04 | 0.02 | 0.003–0.03 | 0.009 |
| LT | 0.03 | 0.02–0.05 | 0.02 | −0.001–0.03 | 0.108 |
| MFC | 0.037 | 0.02–0.05 | 0.003 | −0.01–0.02 | 0.006 |
| MT | 0.01 | 0.003–0.02 | 0.006 | −0.003–0.02 | 0.400 |
| P | 0.05 | 0.02–0.08 | 0.01 | −0.02–0.04 | 0.076 |
| Menisci | |||||
| Meniscus sum | 0.15 | 0.09–0.21 | 0.11 | 0.05–0.17 | 0.405 |
| Medial meniscus | 0.05 | 0.02–0.08 | 0.06 | 0.03–0.09 | 0.743 |
| Lateral meniscus | 0.09 | 0.05–0.15 | 0.05 | 0–0.10 | 0.200 |
*
Numbers of rate/year are least square means adjusted for multiple measurements per ID and matched pairing between groups pairs using a mixed random effects model