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Table 1 Patient Characteristics

From: Functional outcomes following minimally invasive Achilles rupture repair: a retrospective comparative study of PARS and midsubstance speedbridge techniques

 

Total

PARS-PARS

PARS-Speedbridge

p-value

Total

119

78 (65.5)

41 (34.5)

 

Sex

   

0.84

 Female

20 (16.8)

14 (17.9)

6 (14.6)

 

 Male

99 (83.2)

64 (82.1)

35 (85.4)

 

Age

   

0.57

 19(min)-30

31 (26.1)

20 (25.6)

11 (26.8)

 

 31–40

45 (37.8)

32 (41.0)

13 (31.7)

 

 41–69 (max)

43 (36.1)

26 (33.3)

17 (41.5)

 

BMI

   

0.11

 18.0 (min)-25

24 (20.2)

20 (25.6)

4 (9.8)

 

 > 25–29

54 (45.4)

33 (42.3)

21 (51.2)

 

 > 29-41.2 (max)

37 (31.1)

22 (28.2)

15 (36.6)

 

Smoking

   

0.12

 No

115 (96.6)

77 (98.7)

38 (92.7)

 

 Yes

4 (3.4)

1 (1.3)

3 (7.3)

 

Diabetes

   

-

 No

116 (97.5)

75 (96.2)

41 (100.0)

 

 Yes

2 (1.7)

2 (2.6)

0 (0.0)

 

Return to pre-injury level of activity

   

0.67

 No

45 (37.8)

29 (37.2)

16 (39.0)

 

 Yes

74 (62.1)

49 (62.8)

25 (61.0)

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