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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients

From: Intra-articular injection of two different doses of autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells versus hyaluronic acid in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial (phase I/II)

 

Control

BM-MSCs

Low-dose

High-dose

N

10

10

10

Age (years)

60.3 (55.1, 61.1)

65.9 (59.5, 70.6)

57.8 (55.0, 60.8)

Males, n (%)

7 (70)

4 (40)

8 (80)

BMI (kg/m2)

29.6 (26.2, 30.8)

27.1 (24.4, 31.2)

28.5 (25.8, 31.0)

Time since OA diagnosis (years)

6 (2, 8)

9 (4, 12)

10 (7, 15)

K-L 2, n (%)

4 (40)

1 (10)

3 (30)

K-L 3, n (%)

2 (20)

2 (20)

3 (30)

K-L 4, n (%)

4 (40)

7 (70)

4 (40)

  1. Unless specified, data are presented as median [interquartile range (IQR)]. OA osteoarthritis, K–L Kellgren and Lawrence grading scale of severity of knee OA