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Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical characteristics

From: Clinical evaluation of suture materials for transtibial pullout repair of medial meniscus posterior root tear

 

UHMWPE sutures

UHMWPE suture tape

p value

Number (knees)

18

18

 

Sex (male/female)

7/11

2/16

0.121

Age (years)

63.1 ± 13.4

65.3 ± 8.7

0.428

Height (m)

1.59 ± 0.1

1.57 ± 0.1

0.170

Weight (kg)

64.1 ± 15.1

60.5 ± 8.9

0.234

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.2 ± 3.3

24.5 ± 3.6

0.498

Duration from injury to operation (days)

74.7 ± 72.8

75.2 ± 53.2

0.309

Duration from primary surgery to second-look arthroscopy (days)

385.4 ± 21.6

381.1 ± 25.4

0.594

Femorotibial angle (°)

177.3 ± 1.8

177.6 ± 1.8

0.752

Root tear classification (type 1/2/3/4/5) [24]

0/14/0/4/0

0/14/0/4/0

1.000

  1. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number
  2. UHMWPE ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene
  3. The arthroscopic view of type 2 and 4 root tear [24] was shown in Fig. S1