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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2021 Feb 24;29(6):849–858. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2021.02.563

Table 2:

Mean and 95% confidence intervals for uptake parameters

Group Count SUVmean mean (95% CI) SUVmax mean (95% CI) Ki mean (95% CI) K1 mean (95% CI) Extraction fraction mean (95% CI)

Healthy 196 0.54
(0.50, 0.58)
1.55
(1.39, 1.71)
0.0084
(0.0078, 0.0090)
0.0098
(0.0091, 0.0104)
0.875
(0.858, 0.893)

OA
Normal-appearing regions
144 0.92
(0.84, 1.01)
3.21
(2.73, 3.68)
0.0098
(0.0090, 0.0106)
0.0177
(0.0154, 0.0199)
0.690
(0.652, 0.728)

OA
All regions
360 1.48
(1.34, 1.62)
6.48
(5.85, 7.12)
0.0143
(0.0133, 0.0153)
0.0261
(0.0240, 0.0282)
0.650
(0.626, 0.674)

Bone Marrow Lesions 1 39 1.88
(1.43, 2.34)
11.50
(9.05, 13.94)
0.0193
(0.0152, 0.0234)
0.0294
(0.0234, 0.0353)
0.705
(0.629, 0.781)
2 20 3.56
(2.18, 4.94)
17.91
(14.37, 21.45)
0.0290
(0.0214, 0.0366)
0.0463
(0.0336, 0.0589)
0.669
(0.574, 0.765)
3 1 3.43 25.84 0.0332 0.0468 0.708

Osteophytes 1 108 1.67
(1.40. 1.94)
7.56
(6.41, 8.70)
0.0162
(0.0144, 0.0180)
0.0292
(0.0258, 0.0327)
0.624
(0.583, 0.665)
2 51 1.71
(1.40, 2.02)
9.22
(7.22, 11.22)
0.0167
(0.0139, 0.0196)
0.0317
(0.0263, 0.0371)
0.608
(0.536, 0.679)
3 29 2.96
(2.07, 3.85)
12.05
(9.25, 14.86)
0.0236
(0.0176, 0.0295)
0.0488
(0.0369, 0.0607)
0.528
(0.453, 0.602)

Cartilage Lesions 1 27 1.57
(1.27, 1.87)
8.61
(6.14, 11.09)
0.0153
(0.0126, 0.0180)
0.0284
(0.0215, 0.0353)
0.610
(0.533, 0.687)
2 66 2.42
(1.91, 2.93)
11.57
(9.76, 13.37)
0.0221
(0.0188, 0.0254)
0.0396
(0.0332, 0.0495)
0.645
(0.588, 0.703)
3 29 2.24
(1.65, 2.83)
10.46
(7.88, 13.04)
0.0183
(0.0136, 0.0230)
0.0382
(0.0310, 0.0453)
0.506
(0.412, 0.599)

CI: confidence interval

OA: Osteoarthritis group

Normal-appearing regions: all MOAKS scores = 0