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. 2022 May 9;13:839112. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.839112

Table 5.

Thickness of the 21 sub-regions of the knee cartilage in the three groups.

Subregions Baseline Group(mm) Long-walking group(mm) Daily group (mm) X2 value p-value
Condyle MP 1.540 (1.440, 1.680) 1.370 (1.140, 1.550) 1.500 (1.370, 1.660) 8.857  0.012*
Condyle MC 1.570 (1.440, 1.680) 1.370 (1.200, 1.630) 1.570 (1.420, 1.710) 18.067 <0.001*
Condyle MA 1.680 (1.580, 1.760) 1.620 (1.510, 1.730) 1.780 (1.670, 1.850) 4.242 0.120
Trochlea M 1.590 (1.490, 1.840) 1.520 (1.340, 1.750) 1.690 (1.540, 1.850) 3.231 0.199
Trochlea C 2.250 (1.890, 2.480) 2.180 (2.020, 2.590) 2.330 (2.120, 2.700) 7.187 0.028*
Trochlea L 1.960 (1.680, 2.160) 1.800 (1.670, 2.130) 2.030 (1.800, 2.210) 1.130 0.568
Condyle LP 1.600 (1.490, 1.780) 1.430 (1.390,1.690) 1.620 (1.510, 1.730) 7.977 0.019*
Condyle LC 1.870 (1.530, 2.120) 1.650 (1.470, 2.070) 1.810 (1.720, 2.200) 5.826 0.054
Condyle LA 1.510 (1.330, 1.640) 1.420 (1.340, 1.640) 1.540 (1.390, 1.730) 0.087 0.957
Facet LI 1.810 (1.570, 1.910) 1.710 (1.440, 2.120) 1.730 (1.550, 2.020) 0.261 0.878
Facet LC 3.050 (2.660, 3.320) 2.700 (2.400, 3.030) 2.970 (2.750, 3.160) 9.478 0.009*
Facet LS 2.080 (1.790, 2.360) 1.800 (1.510, 2.130) 2.030 (1.840, 2.220) 2.923 0.232
Facet MI 1.720 (1.540, 1.970) 1.780 (1.490, 1.860) 1.840 (1.690, 1.880) 0.087 0.957
Facet MC 3.370 (2.890, 3.680) 3.170 (2.780, 3.430) 3.510 (3.210, 3.790) 6.132 0.047*
Facet MS 2.480 (2.180, 2.910) 2.020 (1.760, 2.560) 2.400 (2.230, 2.900) 4.945 0.084.
Plateau LP 2.090 (2.040, 2.240) 2.030 (1.740, 2.170) 2.150 (2.080, 2.310) 10.876 0.004*
Plateau LC 2.710 (2.530, 2.800) 2.670 (2.430, 2.820) 2.820 (2.550, 2.970) 9.956 0.007*
Plateau LA 1.870 (1.680, 1.980) 1.690 (1.610, 1.91) 1.910 (1.820, 2.050) 6.879 0.032*
Plateau MP 1.620 (1.500, 1.700) 1.440 (1.270, 1.600) 1.590 (1.470, 1.710) 8.989 0.011*
Plateau MC 1.920 (1.830, 2.000) 1.800 (1.570, 1.990) 2.000 (1.880, 2.200) 14.957 0.001*
Plateau MA 1.560 (1.400, 1.650) 1.440 (1.330, 1.560) 1.540 (1.460, 1.710) 5.689 0.058

The values are expressed as median (P25, P75) and compared using X2 and corresponding p values (n = 23). * Indicates statistical significance.