Table 4.

Correlation (Spearman’s Rho) between the average number of steps per day for 12 weeks and molecular biomarkers at 3-month follow-up (n = 51).

	CRP rs	P	ARGS-aggrecan	P	COMP rs	P	C2C rs	P
Steps/day	0.034	.811	−0.163	.254	0.024	.865	0.113	.430

Abbreviations: ARGS, neoepitope of aggrecan; C2C, collagen type II cleavage; COMP, cartilage oligomeric matrix protein; CRP, C-reactive protein.