Sex differences in patellar facet shape among healthy and osteoarthritic cohorts
Authors' conclusion
Medial and lateral facet shapes showed different patterning of variation by sex and healthy/OA status.
Study context
- Population
- Healthy and patellofemoral osteoarthritis (OA) knees (OA individuals on a waitlist for total knee replacement)knees scanned via CT
- Participants
- 97 vs 67
- Exposure
- Females vs males, in healthy and patellofemoral OA knees
- Healthyn = 97reference
- OAn = 67
- Outcome
- Sex and healthy/OA differences in patellar morphology (2D measurements and 3D medial and lateral facet shape)
Methodological detailsCT-based 3D patellar morphology, Procrustes analysis of variance (ANOVA), Principal Component Analysis
- CT-based 3D patellar morphology
- Procrustes ANOVA
- Principal Component Analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Differences in patellar 2D measurements between healthy and OA individuals were smaller than differences between males and females
- Sex and healthy/OA differences most pronounced for medial facet shape: posteriorly-curving, taller, narrower facet in males vs females
- Lateral facet shape variance higher in OA cohorts vs healthy groups
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Sex differences in patellar facet shape among healthy and osteoarthritic cohorts. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. Published 8 July 2024. doi:10.
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