Table 7
(A) The correlation between MR detected cartilage defects and marginal osteophytes in the tibiofemoral joint with minimum joint space width <3 mm. Marginal osteophytes had a sensitivity of 93% and a positive predictive value of 93% for MR detected cartilage defects
Cartilage defect No cartilage defect Total
Marginal osteophyte14115
No marginal osteophyte 10 1
Total15116
(B) The correlation between MR detected cartilage defects and marginal osteophytes in the tibiofemoral joint with minimum joint space width ⩾3 mm. Marginal osteophytes had a sensitivity of 65%, a specificity of 87%, and a positive and negative predictive value of 81% and 74% respectively for MR detected cartilage defects
Cartilage defect No cartilage defect Total
Marginal osteophyte13 316
No marginal osteophyte 72027
Total202343