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Table 2 A comparison of all subjects with a potential ACL rupture to those mailed subjects who were included in the analysis

From: Smoking and secondary ACL rupture are detrimental to knee health post ACL injury—a Bayesian analysis

 

Identified as having an ACL tear

Study participant

Test statistic

N = 3115

N = 408

Age at injury

24.0 35.0 48.0

21.0 29.5 41.0

F1 3521 = 36.1, P < 0.0011

37.0 ± 15.5

31.9 ± 12.4

Sex: female

0.34 (1051)

0.43 (174)

\({}_1^2=12.6\), P < 0.0012

  1. a b c represents the lower quartile a, the median b, and the upper quartile c for continuous variables. x ± s represents the mean ± 1 standard deviation. Numbers after proportions are frequencies. Tests used: 1Wilcoxon; 2Pearson test