Table 4.
Post-treatment changes of pain and activity level—descriptive statistics
| Mean | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Change of VAS | − 3.58 | 2.59 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | Change of WOMAC | 23.51 | 21.66 | − .780** | 1 | |||||
| 3 | WORMS | 81.66 | 44.15 | .118 | − .142 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | WORMS Cartilage | 3.00 | 1.17 | .024 | − .057 | .951* | 1 | |||
| 5 | Sex | .47 | .50 | − .197 | .393** | − .190 | − .182 | 1 | ||
| 6 | BMI | 26.12 | 3.88 | − .041 | .117 | − .031 | .017 | − .012 | 1 | |
| 7 | Age | 58.78 | 11.82 | − .046 | − .017 | .417** | .463** | − .008 | .125 | 1 |
Descriptive statistics of post-treatment changes of pain and activity level depending on the MRI-proven cartilage damage level and common epidemiological data; SD standard deviation and *p ≤ .05, **p ≤ .01 (two-tailed)