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. 2016 Nov 10;17:466. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-1310-6

Table 2.

Baseline frequencies of semi-quantitative MRI biomarkers – BMLs

MRI feature Biomarker Overall n (%) Controls Cases p-value
BML Number of subregions affected by any BML
 0 66 (11 %) 55 (13.5 %) 11 (5.7 %)
 1 98 (16 %) 76 (18.7 %) 22 (11.3 %)
 2 126 (21 %) 88 (21.7 %) 38 (19.6 %)
 3 129 (22 %) 88 (21.7 %) 41 (21.1 %)
 4 84 (14 %) 52 (12.8 %) 32 (16.5 %)
 5 59 (10 %) 27 (6.7 %) 32 (16.5 %)
 6 26 (4 %) 14 (3.4 %) 12 (6.2 %)
 7 8 (1 %) 5 (1.2 %) 3 (1.5 %)
 8 4 (1 %) 1 (0.2 %) 3 (1.5 %)
Number of subregions affected by any BML <0.001*
 0 66 (11 %) 55 (13.5 %) 11 (5.7 %)
 1 98 (16 %) 76 (18.7 %) 22 (11.3 %)
 2 126 (21 %) 88 (21.7 %) 38 (19.6 %)
 3 129 (22 %) 88 (21.7 %) 41 (21.1 %)
 4 84 (14 %) 52 (12.8 %) 32 (16.5 %)
 5+ 97 (16 %) 47 (11.6 %) 50 (25.8 %)
Max BML score in knee 0.016*
 0 66 (11 %) 55 (13.5 %) 11 (5.7 %)
 1 223 (37 %) 148 (36.5 %) 75 (38.7 %)
 2 202 (34 %) 138 (34.0 %) 64 (33.0 %)
 3 109 (18 %) 65 (16.0 %) 44 (22.7 %)

*statistically significant at p < 0.05; p values refer to differences between cases and controls across all grades