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Materials and Methods: The cross-observational study included 324 patients\u2014159 (49%) females and 165 (51%) males aged 8\u201387 (45.1 \u00b1 20.9). The BMI of study group was between 14.3 and 47.3 (27.7 \u00b1 5.02). 1.5T and 3.0T MRI scanners were used in the study. The articular cartilage of the knee joint was assessed using the Outerbridge scale. Results: The age of the patients showed a significant correlation with Outerbrige for each compartment of the femorotibial joint (Spearman\u2019s rank correlation rho: 0.69\u20130.74, p &lt; 0.0001). A higher correlation between BMI and Outerbridge was noted in the femur medial (rho = 0.45, p &lt; 0.001) and the tibia medial (rho = 0.43, p &lt; 0.001) than in the femur lateral (rho = 0.29, p &lt; 0.001) and the tibia lateral compartment (rho = 0.34, p &lt; 0.001). 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