Table 2.

The gene expression in torn meniscus varies by presence or absence of chondrosis in cartilage as determined by X-ray (P=0.047)

(N=63)	No Chondrosis (N=40)		Chondrosis (N=23)		P
Gene	Least Square Mean	95% Confidence Interval (upper limit–lower limit)	Least Square Mean	95% Confidence Interval (upper limit–lower limit)
IL1A	0.0008	0.0019–0.0004	0.0019	0.0058–0.0007	0.220
IL1B	0.0009	0.0021–0.0004	0.0012	0.0035–0.0004	0.722
IL6	0.0015	0.0034–0.0007	0.0021	0.0064–0.0007	0.607
TNFA	0.0004	0.0008–0.0002	0.0003	0.0008–0.0001	0.683
ADAMTS4	0.0037	0.0064–0.0021	0.0021	0.0043–0.0010	0.217
ADAMTS5	0.0065	0.0110–0.0038	0.0052	0.0105–0.0026	0.613
BMP2	0.0022	0.0038–0.0013	0.0017	0.0036–0.0008	0.583
MMP1	0.0017	0.0034–0.0009	0.0015	0.0036–0.0006	0.750
MMP3	0.0102	0.0200–0.0052	0.0060	0.0148–0.0024	0.348
MMP9	0.0009	0.0021–0.0004	0.0009	0.0025–0.0003	0.891
MMP13	0.0035	0.0069–0.0018	0.0044	0.0107–0.0018	0.700
IL8	0.0022	0.0044–0.0011	0.0020	0.0049–0.0008	0.823
CCL3	0.0015	0.0031–0.0007	0.0009	0.0023–0.0003	0.389
CCL3L1	0.0009	0.0018–0.0004	0.0005	0.0012–0.0002	0.291
CXCL1	0.0006	0.0013–0.0003	0.0006	0.0015–0.0002	0.913
CXCL3	0.0011	0.0022–0.0005	0.0006	0.0017–0.0002	0.392
CXCL6	0.0010	0.0025–0.0004	0.0005	0.0018–0.0002	0.397
CCL20	0.0011	0.0023–0.0006	0.0009	0.0022–0.0004	0.644
COL1A1	0.0396	0.1258–0.0124	0.0323	0.1520–0.0069	0.833
COL2A1	0.0068	0.0145–0.0032	0.0058	0.0161–0.0021	0.808
ACAN	0.0012	0.0038–0.0004	0.0026	0.0118–0.0006	0.426
NFκB1A	0.0050	0.0094–0.0026	0.0058	0.0135–0.0025	0.779
NFκB2	0.0013	0.0023–0.0007	0.0018	0.0039–0.0008	0.475
IκBA	0.0038	0.0069–0.0021	0.0043	0.0095–0.0020	0.806
ADIPOQ	0.0002	0.0005–0.0001	0.0009	0.0027–0.0003	0.035
APLN	0.0028	0.0059–0.0014	0.0066	0.0177–0.0025	0.165
LEP	0.0004	0.0009–0.0002	0.0004	0.0010–0.0001	0.900
RETN	0.0001	0.0003–0.0000	0.0007	0.0021–0.0002	0.017

P values in bold face represent statistically significant differences