Table 3: Correlation coefficients of Kendall's tau-b between the clinical, laboratory and radiographic parameters of the different radiological patterns.
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INDICATOR |
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WOMAC-M0 |
PW-VAS-M0 |
uCTX-II (M0) |
mJSW-M0 |
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PW-VAS (M0) |
Mean value ‘H’-RPs ‘I’-RPs ‘A’-RPs |
Corr. coef.
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0.980 0.970 0.980 0.990
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‘H’-RPs ‘I’-RPs ‘A’-RPs |
p-values |
< 0.001 |
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uCTX-II (M0) |
Mean value ‘H’-RPs ‘I’-RPs ‘A’-RPs |
Corr. coef.
|
0.853 0.751 0.852 0.956 |
0.874 0.772 0.871 0.976 |
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‘H’-RPs ‘I’-RPs ‘A’-RPs |
p-value
|
< 0.001 |
< 0.001 |
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mJSW (M0) |
Mean value ‘H’-RPs ‘I’-RPs ‘A’-RPs |
Corr. coef.
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- 0.733 - 0.936 - 0.732 - 0.631 |
- 0.759 - 0.956 - 0.751 - 0.652 |
- 0.833 - 0.731 - 0.834 - 0.935 |
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‘H’-RPs ‘I’-RPs ‘A’-RPs |
p-value
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< 0.001
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< 0.001
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< 0.001
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K/L-grade (M0) |
Mean value ‘H’-RPs ‘I’-RPs ‘A’-RPs |
Corr. coef.
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0.843 0.741 0.842 0.946 |
0.853 0.751 0.852 0.956 |
0.853 0.751 0.852 0.956 |
- 0.745 - 0.711 - 0.735 - 0.789 |
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‘H’-RPs ‘I’-RPs ‘A’-RPs |
p-value |
< 0.001
|
< 0.001
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<0.001
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< 0.001
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PW - Pain at walking by VAS; WOMAC-C - WOMAC -function scale; JSW - Joint space width; uctx-II -Urine CTX-II; K/L - II/III -radiographic grades according to Kellgren-Lawrence; ‘A’; ‘I’; ‘H’ -radiographic patterns (atrophic /normotrophic /hypertrophic)