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MRI of the more symptomatic knee was obtained at baseline and at mean of 3.3 years. Cartilage was graded 0\u20134 on MRI. Exponential regression analysis was used to evaluate whether quadriceps weakness was associated with whole knee cartilage loss, and in secondary analyses with compartment-specific cartilage loss, adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Arthritis Index pain score, and baseline MRI cartilage score.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results.<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 163 subjects, 54% were female, with a mean age of 57.7 years. Quadriceps weakness was seen in 11.9% of the subjects. Weakness was a predictor of whole knee cartilage loss (HR 3.48, 95% CI 1.30\u20139.35). Quadriceps weakness was associated with cartilage loss in the medial tibiofemoral (TF) compartment (HR 4.60, 95% CI 1.25\u201317.02), while no significant association was found with lateral TF (HR 1.53, 95% CI 0.24\u20139.78) or patellofemoral compartment (HR 2.76, 95% CI 0.46\u201316.44).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion.<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this symptomatic, population-based cohort, quadriceps weakness predicted whole knee and medial TF cartilage loss after 3 years. 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