Table 1 Demographics of ACL injured patients and the knee healthy control group

Sample size

44

16

Sex (Female/Male)

18/26

6/10

0.12

Age (years) (mean ± SD)

25.7 ± 6.1

26.6 ± 3.6

0.94

Height (cm) (mean ± SD)

177.5 ± 9.6

178.6 ± 8.5

0.67

Weight (kg) (mean ± SD)

76.5 ± 14.9

73.7 ± 7.5

0.35

BMI (kg/m²) (mean ± SD)

24.1 ± 3.3

23 ± 1.5

0.08

Time since injury (months) (mean ± SD (range))

11 ± 9 (2–42)