. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2018 Mar 20;26(6):762–769. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.02.905

Table 3.

Whole Group Polynomial Fit Results

Time point	Compartment	FD Variable	P-value
Cases vs Controls: ACL-Injured vs Non-injured Subjects

Baseline	Medial	Vertical	< 0.0001
	Medial	Horizontal	0.2
	Lateral	Vertical	0.0009
	Lateral	Horizontal	0.12
Final	Medial	Vertical	0.01
	Medial	Horizontal	0.22
	Lateral	Vertical	< 0.0001
	Lateral	Horizontal	< 0.0001

Cases: ACL-injured Within Subject Side to Side Comparisons

Baseline	Medial	Vertical	0.87
	Medial	Horizontal	0.39
	Lateral	Vertical	< 0.0001
	Lateral	Horizontal	0.83
Final	Medial	Vertical	< 0.0001
	Medial	Horizontal	0.07
	Lateral	Vertical	< 0.0001
	Lateral	Horizontal	0.003

Controls: Non-injured Subjects Side to Side Comparisons

Baseline	Medial	Vertical	0.06
	Medial	Horizontal	0.73
	Lateral	Vertical	0.08
	Lateral	Horizontal	0.35
Final	Medial	Vertical	0.06
	Medial	Horizontal	0.19
	Lateral	Vertical	0.3
	Lateral	Horizontal	0.09

Data adjusted for sex, BMI age, time from injury to surgery (Baseline data) or time from baseline to final follow-up (Final data).