New scoring system in assessment of Hoffa’s fat pad synovitis: A comparative study with established scoring systems

Table 3 Correlation with the MOAKS score

		1.5T	3T	Total
Thickness	T1CE	0.45	0.49	0.47
	PD	0.32	0.49	0.44
	PD-FS	0.42	0.41	0.41
SM score	T1CE	0.55	0.68	0.64
	PD	0.61	0.64	0.63
	PD-FS	0.64	0.74	0.71
Synovitis-score	T1CE	0.68	0.51	0.56
WORMS (effusion synovitis)	PD-FS	0.48	0.55	0.53
Effusion-diameter	PD-FS	0.58	0.48	0.51

All P values are less than 0.01. T1CE: T1-weighted fat-suppressed fast spin-echo sequence; PD: Proton density-weighted fast spin-echo sequence; PD-FS: Proton density-weighted fat-suppressed fast spin-echo sequence.