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Association between quantitatively measured infrapatellar fat pad high signal intensity alteration and MRI-assessed progression of knee osteoarthritis
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Han, W and Aitken, D and Zheng, S and Wluka, AE and Zhu, Z and Blizzard, L and Winzenberg, T and Cicuttini, F and Jones, G and Ding, C, Association between quantitatively measured infrapatellar fat pad high signal intensity alteration and MRI-assessed progression of knee osteoarthritis, Arthritis Care & Research pp. 1-26. ISSN 2151-464X (2018) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Methods: 261 participants (mean age 63.0 ± 7.2 years) with symptomatic knee OA were selected from a randomized controlled trial with a follow up of 2 years. IPFP signal intensity alterations at baseline were quantitatively measured on T2-weighted fat-saturated MRI using MATLAB. These quantitative measures included the standard deviation [sDev (IPFP)] of whole IPFP signal intensity, the upper quartile value [UQ (H)] of high signal intensity, the ratio of volume of high signal intensity alteration to volume of whole IPFP [Percentage (H)] and Clustering factor (H) representing the clustering effect of high signal intensity. Cartilage volume and defects, and BMLs were assessed using validated measures.
Results: Higher baseline sDev (IPFP), UQ (H) and Clustering factor (H) were associated with greater loss of tibial cartilage volume and larger increases in tibiofemoral cartilage defects over 2 years. Patients with high and medium tertiles of Clustering factor (H) had greater loss of cartilage volume per annum compared with those with low tertile (4.9% and 4.6% vs 3.3% p.a.). Baseline Percentage (H) and Clustering factor (H) were positively and significantly associated with increases in tibiofemoral BMLs over 2 years. Cross-sectional associations between IPFP measures and knee structures were similar but more consistent.
Conclusion: Quantitative measures of increased signal intensity in the IPFP were associated with knee structural abnormalities in tibiofemoral compartment, suggesting that these measurements could be used as an additional entry criteria in order to enrich for 'faster progressors' in studies of knee OA.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | knee pain, infrapatellar fat pad, knee osteoarthritis |
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Clinical sciences |
| Research Field: | Rheumatology and arthritis |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Han, W (Dr Weiyu Han) |
| UTAS Author: | Aitken, D (Associate Professor Dawn Aitken) |
| UTAS Author: | Zheng, S (Miss Shuang Zheng) |
| UTAS Author: | Zhu, Z (Mr Zhaohua Zhu) |
| UTAS Author: | Blizzard, L (Professor Leigh Blizzard) |
| UTAS Author: | Winzenberg, T (Professor Tania Winzenberg) |
| UTAS Author: | Jones, G (Professor Graeme Jones) |
| UTAS Author: | Ding, C (Professor Chang-Hai Ding) |
| ID Code: | 128516 |
| Year Published: | 2018 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 34 |
| Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
| Deposited On: | 2018-09-27 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-03-18 |
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