Table 5.

Pearson correlations between femur bone shape stabilization and tibiofemoral cartilage thickening/stabilization in control knee

Change period	Knee compartment	n	Correlation coefficient	p-value
Baseline to 6 months	Entire femoral condyle	78	− 0.068	0.55
	Medial femoral condyle	78	− 0.053	0.65
	Entire TF	78	0.043	0.71
	Medial TF	78	0.011	0.93
Baseline to 12 months	Entire femoral condyle	78	− 0.174	0.13
	Medial femoral condyle	78	− 0.246	0.03
	Entire TF	76	0.011	0.92
	Medial TF	77	− 0.085	0.46