Pre-contrast T1 and cartilage thickness as confounding factors in dGEMRIC when evaluating human cartilage adaptation to physical activity

Table 1 Cartilage thickness in the medial and lateral femoral cartilage in the exercising and the sedentary groups (mm ± SD). WB denotes Weight-Bearing and NWB Non Weight-Bearing

	Cartilage thickness (mm) Exercise		Cartlilage thickness (mm) Sedentary		P value (exercise vs sedentary)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
WB
Medialt	2.90	0.30	1.70	0.50	p = 0.005
Lateralt	2.87	0.21	2.54	0.40	p = 0.2
NWB
Medialt	1.81	0.19	1.54	0.20	p = 0.03
Lateralt	1.73	0.20	1.56	0.30	p = 0.1

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