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. 2018 Feb 7;15(4):3320–3328. doi: 10.3892/etm.2018.5846

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Histological scores of medial tibial plateaus cartilage. (A) I, Histologic scores, graded according to the criteria described previously (39), in untreated, PC-, and PC-E-treated guinea pigs were 11.95±1.05, 6.43±0.93 and 8.24±1.07, respectively. II, Histologic scores, graded according to the criteria listed in Table I, in untreated, PC- and PC-E-treated guinea pigs were 19.47±1.83, 9.68±1.47 and 13.60±1.37, respectively. (B) Sub-category histological scores for cellularity, tidemark and subchondral bone advance in untreated, PC-, and PC-E-treated guinea pigs. *P<0.05 vs. control; ^P<0.05 vs. control and PC-E. PC, phosphocitrate; PC-E, PC-β ethyl ester.