Table 2.
mean values ± standard deviation or median (1st quartile, 3rd quartile) of T2 Values for the ROIs
| Subregions | Control Group | Case Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medial Patella | Deep | MPd | 34.2 ± 1.3 | 33.5 (32.2, 35.5) |
| Superficial | MPs | 35.5 (34.2, 36.5) | 38.1 (35.2, 44.2) | |
| Lateral Patella | Deep | LPd | 35.8 ± 2.5 | 34.5 (33.1, 37.4) |
| Superficial | LPs | 37.7 ± 2.4 | 39.2 (36.9, 45.6) | |
| Medial Femur | Anterior deep | MFad | 41.0 ± 4.1 | 42.9 ± 6.6 |
| Anterior superficial | MFas | 43.1 ± 4.2 | 45.8 ± 7.3 | |
| Central deep | MFcd | 43.0 ± 3.0 | 47.4 ± 8.9 | |
| Central superficial | MFcs | 44.2 (42.6, 47.5) | 54.0 ± 12.0 | |
| Posterior deep | MFpd | 47.0 (44.5, 47.9) | 48.6 ± 7.6 | |
| Posterior Superficial | MFps | 49.2 (48.0, 50.0) | 52.1 (46.2, 59.0) | |
| Lateral Femur | anterior deep | LFad | 46.0 ± 2.8 | 47.8 (43.4, 54.3) |
| Anterior superficial | LFas | 48.3 ± 2.4 | 54.5 (46.6, 61.6) | |
| central deep | LFcd | 47.7 ± 2.7 | 49.8 (46.0, 54.5) | |
| Central superficial | LFcs | 49.6 ± 2.7 | 55.9 ± 8.8 | |
| Posterior deep | LFpd | 44.5 ± 4.3 | 46.5 (40.7, 54.5) | |
| Posterior superficial | LFps | 47.2 ± 3.7 | 51.8 (42.8, 59.7) | |
| Medial Tibia | anterior deep | MTad | 36.9 ± 3.0 | 38.3 (34.2, 42.7) |
| Anterior superficial | MTas | 39.4 ± 3.8 | 41.2 (36.5, 46.7) | |
| central deep | MTcd | 37.5 (35.9, 42.0) | 40.5 (36.1, 46.5) | |
| Central superficial | MTcs | 39.8 (37.9, 43.1) | 43.1 (39.7, 50.7) | |
| Posterior deep | MTpd | 39.0 ± 4.2 | 41.1 ± 6.6 | |
| Posterior superficial | MTps | 41.7 ± 3.9 | 44.2 (39.0, 47.8) | |
| Lateral Tibia | anterior deep | LTad | 40.1 ± 4.7 | 41.4 ± 7.2 |
| Anterior superficial | LTas | 41.9 ± 4.4 | 43.6 (38.3, 50.2) | |
| Central deep | LTcd | 40.3 ± 4.4 | 42.1 ± 7.0 | |
| Central superficial | LTcs | 42.2 ± 4.4 | 45.3 ± 8.5 | |
| Posterior deep | LTpd | 39.5 ± 4.5 | 41.1 ± 7.2 | |
| Posterior superficial | LTps | 42.1 ± 4.4 | 43.5 (37.4, 50.5) | |