Prospective Clinical Trial for Septic Arthritis: Cartilage Degradation and Inflammation Are Associated with Upregulation of Cartilage Metabolites

Table 2

Association of relative intra-articular IL-1β levels with systemic inflammatory parameters (n.s.: not significant).

			Spearman
Initial leucocyte count	All	71	0.29	0.007
	Knees	54	0.26	0.031
Initial CRP	All	71	0.29	0.007
	Knees	54	0.23	0.049
Maximal leucocyte count	All	61	0.28	0.014
	Knees	47	—	n.s.
Maximal CRP	All	61	0.30	0.010
	Knees	47	—	n.s.
Discharge leucocyte count	All	61	—	n.s.
	Knees	47	—	n.s.
Discharge CRP	All	61	—	n.s.
	Knees	47	—	n.s.