A reference database of cartilage 3Â T MRI T2 values in knees without diagnostic evidence of cartilage degeneration: data from the osteoarthritis initiative

This study established the first reference database of T2 values in a large sample of morphologically normal cartilage plates in knees without radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA). While cartilage T2 values were weakly associated with age and gender, they had the highest correlations with BMI.