CTRL | OA | CTRL + DC | OA + DC | |
---|---|---|---|---|
median (25, 75) | median (25, 75) | median (25, 75) | median (25, 75) | |
μ ± std.dev | μ ± std.dev | μ ± std.dev | μ ± std.dev | |
Microscopic grading of cartilage alterations | ||||
Severity of cartilage pathology | 0 (0, 0.75) | 1 (0.25, 1.75) | 0 (0, 0.5) | 0 (0, 1) |
0.29 ± 0.49 | 1 ± 0.82 | 0.25 ± 0.46 | 0.5 ± 0.76 | |
Severity of chondrocyte pathology | 0 (0, 1) | 1 (0.25, 2.5) | 1 (0, 1) | 1 (1, 3) |
0.57 ± 0.79 | 1.21 ± 1.15 | 0.56 ± 0.5 | 1.81 ± 1.19 | |
Severity of proteoglycan pathology | 0 (0, 0) | 1 (0, 2) | 0 (0, 3) | 1.5 (0, 3) |
0.33 ± 0.82 | 1.29 ± 1.5 | 1.25 ± 1.83 | 1.56 ± 1.68 | |
Tidemark integrity | 1 (0.5, 2) | 0 (0, 2) | 1 (1, 1) | 0.5 (0, 2) |
1.13 ± 0.83 | 0.67 ± 1.03 | 1 ± 0.53 | 0.88 ± 0.99 | |
Microscopic grading of synovial changes | ||||
Lining cells characteristics | 0 (0, 0)b,c,d | 1 (1, 1)a,c,d | 0 (0, 1)a,b | 0 (0, 0.75)a,b |
0 ± 0 | 1 ± 0.63 | 0.4 ± 0.55 | 0.29 ± 0.49 | |
Presence of hyperplasia | 0 (0, 0)b,c,d | 1 (1, 2)a,c,d | 0 (0, 0.25)a,b,d | 1 (0.25, 1)a,b,c |
0.13 ± 0.35 | 1.17 ± 0.75 | 0.2 ± 0.45 | 0.86 ± 0.69 | |
Cell infiltration characteristics | 0 (0, 0) | 1 (0, 1) | 0 (0, 1) | 0 (0, 0.75) |
0 ± 0 | 0.67 ± 0.52 | 0.4 ± 0.55 | 0.29 ± 0.49 |