Table 3

 Relation of the presence of baseline and progressive knee osteoarthritis defined by osteophytes and osteoarthritis at other anatomical sites

OA at other anatomical sitesBaseline knee OA assessed by OS (n = 133)Knee OS progressors (n = 89)Knee OS non-progressors (n = 44)
Values are numbers of patients.
AO, anterior osteophytes; BMI, body mass index; DSN, disc space narrowing; JSN, joint space narrowing; OA, osteoarthritis; OS, osteophytes.
Baseline hand assessed by OS (n = 222)513615
Hand OS progressors (n = 161)403010
Hand OS non-progressors (n = 61)1165
Baseline hand assessed by JSN (n = 308)443311
Hand JSN progressors (n = 197)32257
Hand JSN non-progressors (n = 111)1284
Baseline lumbar spine assessed by AO (n = 714)956629
Lumbar spine AO progressors (n = 248)413011
Lumbar spine AO non-progressors (n = 466)543618
Baseline lumbar spine assessed by DSN (n = 514)725319
Lumbar spine DSN progressors (n = 148)33294
Lumbar spine DSN non-progressors (n = 366)392415
Baseline hip assessed by OS (n = 201)352411
Hip OS progressors (n = 101)21147
Hip OS non-progressors (n = 100)14104
Baseline hip assessed by JSN (grade) (n = 29)1091
Hip JSN (grade) progressors (n = 15)550
Hip JSN (grade) non- progressors (n = 14)541
Hip JSN (mm) progressors (n = 490)493316
Hip JSN (mm) non-progressors (n = 301)553817