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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 4 Correlation between the IPFP area and both patient and disease characteristics

From: Infrapatellar fat pad area on knee MRI: does it correlate with the extent of knee osteoarthritis?

Variables

IPFP area

r

P value

Patients’ characteristics

 Age

− 0.401

< 0.001

 BMI

− 0.161

0.018

X-ray

 Joint space narrowing

− 0.587

< 0.001

 Osteophites

− 0.668

< 0.001

 OA grade

− 0.695

< 0.001

MRI

 BM lesions

− 0.380

< 0.001

 Cartilage defect

− 0.515

< 0.001

 SC fat thickness

− 0.201

0.003

  1. r correlation co-efficient, OA osteoarthritis, BM bone marrow, SC subcutanous
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