BioMed Research International

Clinical Study

Efficacy of Autologous Bone Marrow Concentrate for Knee Osteoarthritis with and without Adipose Graft

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of the study groups (group A: bone marrow concentrate (BMC), group B: BMC and adipose graft, BMI: body mass index, LEFS: lower extremity functional scale, NPS: numeric pain scale, SD: standard deviation, KL: Kellgren-Lawrence scale, and indicates a statistically significant difference between groups).


	Group A		Group B		value
		Mean (SD)		Mean (SD)	value

Age	615	54.3 (14.1)	223	59.9 (10.3)	<0.001*
BMI	561	26.5 (4.4)	202	27 (4.2)	0.039*
Baseline LEFS	335	45.3 (15.9)	119	42.8 (14.5)	0.134
Baseline NPS	370	4.2 (2.4)	141	4.4 (2.4)	0.350

	Group A		Group B		value
		%		%	value

Gender	616		224		0.003*
Male	397	(64.5)	119	(53.1)
Female	219	(35.5)	105	(46.9)
Grade	470		166		0.294
KL1	223	(48.5)	69	(41.6)
KL2	145	(30.2)	58	(34.9)
KL3-4	102	(21.3)	39	(23.5)
Procedures per patient	616		224		<0.001*
1 (unilateral)	420	(68.2)	102	(45.5)
2 (bilateral)	196	(31.8)	122	(54.5)