Table 1.
Comparison of the general clinical parameters for the patients.
Fig 1.
The levels of cytokines and BDNF in plasma and cerebral fluid (CSF) in patients with genitourinary examination or operation (GU, control) and patients with osteoarthritis (OA).
OA patients were divided into very mild pain (Visual Analogue Scale, VAS score 0–2) and pain (VAS score ≥ 3) groups according to their level of pain. The non-parametric method (Kruskal- Wallis test) was used to analyze the data. Data are mean ± SE. *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 vs. GU control patients. #p < 0.05 OA with very mild pain vs OA with pain.
Table 2.
Comparison of laboratory parameters in GU and chronic osteoarthritis patients.
Fig 2.
Scatter plot of the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores with the concentration of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) and plasma TGF-β1 of patients with OA (n = 29).
Spearman correlation analyses with control of age, gender, body mass index and pain drug were used. p < 0.05 represented a significant correlation of variables with the VAS scores.
Table 3.
Comparison of blood and CSF parameters with pain scores in patients with chronic osteoarthritis.