Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 5 Comparative distal femoral cartilage T2 relaxation time between the study and the control groups

From: MRI T2 mapping and quantitative ultrasound shear wave elastography in cartilage integrity assessment for juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients

	Study group		Control group		P- Value
	Mean T2* + _SD	Range	Mean T2* + _SD	Range
Medial condyle cartilage	55 + _7.1	40: 65	39.6 ± 3.7 ms	29-47ms	0.0023
Intercondylar cartilage	53.9 + _6.2	41: 63	33.5 ± 3.3 ms	31–39 ms	0.0032
Lateral condyle cartilage	51.5 + _8.3	39: 60	42.1 ± 2.3 ms	30–44 ms	0.0027

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