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Clinical characteristics of osteoarthritis (OA) patients and healthy controls.
| Clinical characteristics | Patients (n = 33) | Healthy (n = 33) | P-value |
| Age, years | 53 ± 10 | 48 ± 5 | 0.5441 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 19 | 18 | 0.8041 |
| Female | 14 | 15 | |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 24.5 ± 2.7 | 23.4 ± 2.0 | 0.7657 |
| OA stage | |||
| Stage I | 11 | – | |
| Stage II | 9 | – | |
| Stage III | 8 | – | |
| Stage IV | 5 | – |
