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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 Mar;69(3):560–564. doi: 10.1002/art.39970

Revised Table 2.

Risk for incident cartilage damage in the same tibiofemoral joint compartment at 30 months (including and excluding KL3 and KL4 subjects)

Cartilage morphology status of a subregion within the same tibiofemoral joint compartment at baseline Incident cartilage damage in the same tibiofemoral joint compartment at 30 months n/N (Number of compartments) Crude odds ratio Adjusted odds ratio
Odds ratio 95% CI Odds ratio 95% CI
INCLUDING KL3 and KL4 subjects
No focal cartilage defect (Grade 0) 123/1668 (7%) 1.00 (ref) - 1.00 (ref) -
Partial-thickness cartilage defect (Grade 2.0) 32/278 (12%) 1.63 (1.08, 2.48) 1.62 (1.06, 2.47)
Full-thickness cartilage defect (Grade 2.5) 13/96 (14%) 1.97 (1.06, 3.64) 1.92 (1.00, 3.66)
EXCLUDING KL3 and KL4 subjects
No focal cartilage defect (Grade 0) 107/1485 (7%) 1.00 (ref) - 1.00 (ref) -
Partial-thickness cartilage defect (Grade 2.0) 26/235 (11%) 1.60 (1.01-2.54) 1.59 (1.00-2.54)
Full-thickness cartilage defect (Grade 2.5) 12/82 (15%) 2.21 (1.16-4.21) 2.13 (1.08-4.20)