Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: RESULTS: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein were significantly higher in the knee osteoarthritis group than in the non- knee osteoarthritis group (P = 0.0013 and 0.00010, respectively). In the knee osteoarthritis group, erythrocyte sedimentation rate was significantly elevated in patients with tenderness and patellar ballottement (P = 0.032 and 0.038, respectively), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein concentration was significantly elevated in patients with tenderness, swelling and patellar ballottement (P = 0.0042, 0.00030 and 0.019, respectively). Erythrocyte sedimentation rate in KL-I was lower than erythrocyte sedimentation rate in KL-III and -IV (P = 0.012 and 0.037, respectively). Erythrocyte sedimentation rate in KL-II did not significantly differ from erythrocyte sedimentation rate in the other groups. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein concentration was lower in grade I than in KL-II, -III and -IV (P = 0.044, 0.0085 and 0.049, respectively). CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Mitsuru Hanada, Masaaki Takahashi, Hiroki Furuhashi, Hiroshi Koyama, Yukihiro Matsuyama |
Journal | Annals of clinical biochemistry
(Ann Clin Biochem)
Vol. 53
Issue Pt 5
Pg. 548-53
(Sep 2016)
ISSN: 1758-1001 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 26384360
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | © The Author(s) 2015. |
Chemical References |
- Biomarkers
- C-Reactive Protein
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Topics |
- Aged
- Biomarkers
(blood)
- Blood Sedimentation
- C-Reactive Protein
(metabolism)
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Osteoarthritis, Knee
(blood, diagnostic imaging)
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