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Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 3 Association of pre-operative variables with clinical outcomes at final follow-up

From: Improvement of clinical and radiological outcomes of root repair patients with advanced articular cartilage degeneration and osteoarthritis

 

Lysholm Score

KOOS Score

IKDC Score

Nominal variables

 Outerbridge score

  Grade ≤ 2

95

92.2

79.0

  Grade > 2

81b

77.6b

62.9a

 K-L Grade

  Grade < 2

87

85.8

70.8

  Grade ≥ 2

81n.s

75.5n.s

61.6n.s

 Bone marrow oedema

  Absent

90

84.5

69.3

  Present

80n.s

78.8n.s

65.5n.s

 Sex

  Male

82

76.3

61.2

  Female

86n.s

84.0n.s

70.0n.s

 BMI

   ≤ 30 (n = 16)

86

82.4

67.4

   > 30 (n = 17)

84n.s

80.9n.s

67.2n.s

  1. Nominal variable data compares preoperative factors to the mean postoperative clinical score
  2. IKDC International Knee Documentation Committee, KOOS Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score
  3. Mann–Whitney U tests were used
  4. ap < 0.05
  5. bp < 0.01, n.s = not significant
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