tended toward significanceP = 0.08
After adjusting for age, gender, BMI and femoral head bone area, reduced femoral head cartilage volume was associated with the presence of BMLs at the anterior femoral head (β −684 mm 3 , 95% CI −1260 to −108 mm 3 , P = 0.02), and tended toward significance at the anterior acetabulum ( P = 0.08) and femoroacetabulum ( P = 0.05).