Table 2 Alteration in cartilage quantification before and after MSC injections.

From: Alterations in cartilage quantification before and after injections of mesenchymal stem cells into osteoarthritic knees

Cartilage

Femoral

Tibial

Region

Posteromedial

Posterolateral

Medial

Lateral

Difference

Beforea

Afterb

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Projected cartilage area ratio (thickness ≥ 1.5 mm)

Patient 01

−  0.08

0.09

0.02

− 0.02

− 0.06

0.06

− 0.01

0.02

Patient 02

− 0.11

0.08

0.01

− 0.01

− 0.16

0.20

0.01

− 0.04

Patient 03

− 0.01

0.08

0.15

− 0.02

− 0.12

0.06

0.01

0.04

Patient 04

0.00

0.06

0.06

− 0.04

− 0.02

− 0.14

− 0.05

0.00

Patient 05

− 0.16

0.04

0.02

0.01

− 0.08

− 0.06

− 0.03

0.01

Patient 06

− 0.13

0.02

− 0.11

0.12

0.04

− 0.05

0.08

− 0.03

Patient 07

− 0.08

0.00

− 0.04

0.22

0.02

− 0.03

0.22

− 0.08

Patient 08

− 0.01

− 0.16

− 0.02

− 0.02

0.08

− 0.08

− 0.02

− 0.04

Median

− 0.08

0.05

0.02

− 0.02

− 0.04

− 0.04

0.00

− 0.02

1st quartile

− 0.12

0.01

− 0.03

− 0.02

− 0.10

− 0.07

− 0.03

− 0.04

3rd quartile

− 0.01

0.08

0.04

0.07

0.03

0.06

0.05

0.02

P value

0.031

0.469

0.387

0.336

Thickness (mm)

Patient 01

− 0.37

0.13

0.06

0.03

− 0.10

0.07

− 0.05

0.08

Patient 02

− 0.28

0.29

− 0.02

− 0.02

− 0.38

0.57

0.06

− 0.12

Patient 03

− 0.01

0.05

0.13

0.05

− 0.06

0.03

− 0.07

− 0.02

Patient 04

− 0.02

− 0.06

0.07

0.03

0.01

− 0.15

− 0.10

− 0.03

Patient 05

− 0.30

0.13

− 0.11

0.08

− 0.11

− 0.04

− 0.06

− 0.01

Patient 06

− 0.13

0.03

− 0.19

0.25

0.17

− 0.15

0.08

0.00

Patient 07

− 0.16

− 0.01

− 0.40

0.57

0.06

 − 0.08

0.39

− 0.09

Patient 08

− 0.02

− 0.55

− 0.06

0.01

0.21

− 0.18

0.08

− 0.12

Median

− 0.15

0.04

− 0.04

0.04

− 0.03

− 0.06

0.01

− 0.03

1st quartile

− 0.29

− 0.04

− 0.15

0.02

− 0.11

− 0.15

− 0.07

− 0.11

3rd quartile

− 0.02

0.13

0.07

0.17

0.12

0.05

0.08

− 0.01

P value

0.098

0.148

0.422

0.184

  1. aThe value at − 1 week” minus “the value at − 30 weeks.
  2. bThe value at 30 weeks” minus “the value at − 1 week.