Table 3 Association between IPFP area and different manifestations of osteoarthritis, gender, and BMI
From: Infrapatellar fat pad area on knee MRI: does it correlate with the extent of knee osteoarthritis?
Variables | IPFP (mean ± SD) | P value |
|---|---|---|
BMI category | ||
Normal (18.5–25) | 7.66 ± 1.35 | < 0.001 |
Overweight (25–30) | 6.90 ± 1.63 | |
Obese (> 30) | 6.15 ± 1.31 | |
Gender | ||
Male | 7.24 ± 1.73 | 0.202 |
Female | 6.92 ± 1.56 | |
Osteophites | ||
0 | 7.43 ± 0.13 | < 0.001 |
1 | 7.80 ± 1.59 | |
2 | 5.84 ± 0.58 | |
3 | 5.70 ± 0.83 | |
Joint space narrowing | ||
0 | 8.03 ± 1.52 | < 0.001 |
1 | 6.76 ± 1.39 | |
2 | 5.57 ± 0.55 | |
3 | 5.40 ± 0.81 | |
OA grade | ||
Mild | 7.93 ± 1.47 | < 0.001 |
Moderate | 5.91 ± 0.63 | |
Severe | 5.33 ± 0.65 | |
Bone marrow lesions | ||
0 | 7.63 ± 1.67 | < 0.001 |
1 | 7.27 ± 1.68 | |
2 | 6.14 ± 0.81 | |
3 | 5.15 ± 0.1 | |
Cartilage defects | ||
0 | 7.61 ± 1.48 | 0.003 |
1 | 7.63 ± 1.93 | |
2 | 6.02 ± 0.85 | |
3 | 5.82 ± 0.72 | |
4 | 5.50 ± 0.01 | |