Table 1 Clinical descriptions of the knee specimens in terms of cartilage, osteophytes, and bone cyts
Sample | Sex | Age | KL | Lateral | Medial | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cartilage | Femur | Patella | Femur | Patella | |||
1 | F | 89 | 4 | Thin, defects | Thin, defects calcifications+ | Thin, defects | Thin, defects |
2 | M | 89 | 3 | Thin, irregular calcifications+ | Thin, irregular calcifications+ | Thin, defects calcifications+ | Thin, irregular calcifications+ |
3 | M | 59 | 1 | Normal, smooth | Normal, smooth | Normal, defects | Normal, smooth |
4 | F | 90 | 0 | Normal, smooth | Thin, defects | Normal, smooth | Normal, irregular calcifications+ |
5 | F | 81 | 0 | Normal, smooth | Normal, smooth calcifications+ | Normal, smooth calcifications+ | Normal, smooth Calcifications+ |
6 | F | 94 | 1 | Normal, irregular | Normal, irregular | Normal, smooth | Normal, smooth |
7 | M | 63 | 2 | Thin, defects | Thin, defects | Normal, defects | Thin, defects |
Subchondral bone cysts | |||||||
1 | Large size, numerous | Large size, numerous | Large size numerous | Large size, numerous | |||
2 | Middle size few | Small size numerous | Middle size few | – | |||
3 | – | – | – | – | |||
4 | Middle size numerous | Large size numerous | – | Middle size few | |||
5 | – | – | – | – | |||
6 | – | – | – | – | |||
7 | Small size few | Small size few | – | – | |||
Osteophytes | |||||||
1 | Large size | Small size | Large size | Large size | |||
2 | – | Small size | Small size | – | |||
3 | – | – | – | – | |||
4 | – | – | – | – | |||
5 | – | – | – | – | |||
6 | – | – | – | – | |||
7 | Small size | Small size | Small size | Small size | |||