Table 4

 Relation of the presence of baseline and progressive knee osteoarthritis defined by joint space narrowing and osteoarthritis at other anatomical sites

OA at other anatomical sitesBaseline knee OA assessed by JSN (n = 148)Knee JSN progressors (n = 51)Knee JSN non-progressors (n = 97)
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)451431
Hand OS progressors (n = 161)351025
Hand OS non-progressors (n = 61)1046
Baseline hand assessed by JSN (n = 308)632835
Hand JSN progressors (n = 197)411526
Hand JSN non-progressors (n = 111)22139
Baseline lumbar spine assessed by AO (n = 714)1064363
Lumbar spine AO progressors (n = 248)321616
Lumbar spine AO non-progressors (n = 466)742747
Baseline lumbar spine assessed by DSN (n = 514)873948
Lumbar spine DSN progressors (n = 148)271710
Lumbar spine DSN non-progressors (n = 366)602238
Baseline hip assessed by OS (n = 201)341519
Hip OS progressors (n =  101)1486
Hip OS non-progressors (n = 100)20713
Baseline hip assessed by JSN (n = 29)734
Hip JSN progressors (n = 15)211
Hip JSN non-progressors (n = 14)523
Hip JSN (mm) progressors (n = 490)492425
Hip JSN (mm) non-progressors (n = 301)742450