Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 5 Spearman’s Correlations Between Baseline Patient-Rated Outcomes and Longitudinal Biomarker Changes in Adults ^a

From: Differences in biomarkers of cartilage matrix turnover and their changes over 2 years in adolescent and adult volleyball athletes

		IKDC	SF-36 PCS	SF-36 MCS
CILP	r	−0.099	−0.296	−0.148
CILP	P-value	0.695	0.233	0.559
COMP	r	0.114	−.519	0.149
COMP	P-value	0.653	0.027*	0.556
sC2C	r	−0.319	0.406	0.163
sC2C	P-value	0.197	0.095	0.518
CPII	r	−0.293	0.207	0.232
CPII	P-value	0.239	0.409	0.354
C2C-HUSA	r	0.193	0.130	−0.136
C2C-HUSA	P-value	0.428	0.596	0.578
CTX-II	r	−0.195	0.228	−0.395
CTX-II	P-value	0.425	0.348	0.094

^a N = 18 for all correlation analyses due to one adult female missing a baseline serum sample, except for C2C-HUSA

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