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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2018 Aug 23;26(12):1658–1665. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.08.005

Table 1.

Patient demographics and plasma/urine biomarker concentrations at baseline.

DOXY Group (n=218) Placebo Group (n=213) Total (n=431)
Demographics:
  Age (years) 54.60 (5.47) 54.81 (5.81) 54.70 (5.64)
  Height (cm) 162.84 (6.17) 162.31 (6.05) 162.59 (6.12)
  Weight (kg) 97.63 (18.08) 96.06 (16.73) 96.86 (17.42)
  BMI (kg/m2) 36.77 (6.29) 36.46 (5.97) 36.62 (6.13)
Outcomes:
  JSW (mm) 3.84 (1.30) 3.77 (1.27) 3.81 (1.28)
uCTX-II (ng/mmol) 0.0171 (0.0277) 0.0135 (0.0194) 0.0153 (0.0240)
Biomarkers:
  sTLR4 (ng/mL) 3.43 (12.10) 5.74 (30.35) 4.59 (23.17)
  LBP (μg/mL) 17.07 (7.09) 17.59 (6.22) 17.32 (6.68)
  IL-6 (ng/mL) 1.44 (1.22) 1.56 (3.24) 1.50 (2.45)

Values are mean (SD); BMI=body mass index; JSW=joint space width; uCTX-II=urinary collagen type II neoepitope normalized to urine creatinine; sTLR4=soluble Toll-like receptor 4; LBP=lipopolysaccharide binding protein; IL-6=interleukin-6