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ArticleCartilage2021

Is Laminar Cartilage Composition as Determined by T2 Relaxometry Associated with Incident and Worsening of Cartilage or Bone Marrow Abnormalities?

Frank W Roemer, Felix Eckstein, Georg Duda, Ali Guermazi, Susanne Maschek, Leena Sharma, Wolfgang Wirth

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Article in Cartilage, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Frank W RoemerQuantitative Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9238-7350
Felix EcksteinChondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany.
Georg DudaJulius Wolff Institute and Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Ali GuermaziQuantitative Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Susanne MaschekChondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany.
Leena SharmaDivision of Rheumatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5571-1622
Wolfgang WirthChondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany.
Paracelsus Medical University · ATBoston University · USBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DENorthwestern University · US

Funding

Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS)UL1TR001422 · NCATS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI D'AQUILA, RICHARD · 2015 to 2023
$56.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001422
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo test the hypothesis that superficial cartilage composition (T2) is associated with subsequent incidence or worsening of cartilage damage, and deep T2 with that of bone marrow lesions (BMLs) in knees without radiographic osteoarthritis (ROA).

designA total of 201 knees from the Osteoarthritis Initiative without ROA were included: 78 from the healthy reference cohort, 60 without ROA but with risk factors, and 63 without ROA but with contralateral ROA. Year 1 (Y1) superficial and deep cartilage T2 were derived in the medial and lateral (weightbearing) femur (MF/LF) and tibia (MT/LT), using sagittal multiecho spin echo magnetic resonance images. Cartilage and BMLs were assessed in the medial (MFTJ) and lateral femorotibial joint (LFTJ) at Y1 and 3 years later. Binary logistic regression statistics were applied.

resultsIncidence or worsening of cartilage damage was more frequent (MFTJ 15%, LFTJ 13%) than incidence or worsening of BMLs (6.0%, 4.5%). In knees with incident or worsening cartilage lesions in the MF and LT, deep layer T2 in the same plate was elevated (MF, 43.6 ± 4.0 vs. 41.3 ± 3.8 ms,

conclusionsContrary to our hypothesis, increased deep layer cartilage T2 was associated with subsequent worsening of cartilage damage, whereas superficial layer T2 was related to subsequent BML worsening. Yet, this relationship was observed in some, but not in all cartilage plates.

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Cartilage, ArticularCartilage DiseasesOsteoarthritis, KneeBone MarrowHumansKnee JointMRIosteoarthritisprogressionrisk factors

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PMID32527154
PMCPMC8808850
OpenAlexW3034260001

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