Table 2

Means and standard deviations of articular cartilage thickness of each ankle, knee, and hip within all 11 sets of joints and statistical comparisons. p Values from t test

SetMean (SD) mmStatistical comparisons
AnkleKneeHipank-kneank-hipkne-hip
11.31(0.38)2.51(0.49)2.00(0.41)p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001
21.14(0.17)1.99(0.48)1.65(0.41)p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001
31.20(0.27)1.97(0.42)1.53(0.27)p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001
41.62(0.25)2.51(0.40)1.71(0.60)p<0.001NSp<0.001
51.25(0.22)1.99(0.37)1.54(0.27)p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001
61.30(0.34)2.23(0.50)1.82(0.52)p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001
71.19(0.34)1.80(0.42)1.40(0.23)p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001
81.15(0.31)2.55(0.45)1.51(0.34)p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001
91.30(0.29)2.17(0.53)1.67(0.33)p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001
101.25(0.22)2.42(0.48)1.73(0.45)p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001
111.00(0.20)1.69(0.39)1.35(0.30)p<0.001p<0.001p<0.001