Long-Term Effects of AposTherapy in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Two-Year Followup

Table 1

Baseline patient characteristics.

Characteristic	Active; (𝑁=40)	Control; (𝑁=16)	𝑃 value*
Age (mean age ± SD)	64.1 ± 7.5	67.4 ± 8.6	0.53
Females (%)	75	69	0.17
Kellgren and Lawrence (K&L)
K&L Grade 2 (%)	17.5	18.8
K&L Grade 3 (%)	25.0	31.2	0.77
K&L Grade 4 (%)	57.5	50.0

K&L: Kellgren and Lawrence radiographic grading scale for knee osteoarthritis.
^∗𝑃≤0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Groups showed no significant differences at the baseline.