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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Duration of immobilisation after Achilles tendon rupture repair by open surgery: a retrospective cohort study

Variable

Group A (n=42)

Group B (n=89)

Group C (n=83)

Group D (n=52)

Total

P value

Men/women

40/2

88/1

83/0

51/1

262/4

 

Age

36.1 ± 5.9

34.7 ± 5.4

35.4 ± 5.8

34.9 ± 4.2

35.2 ±5 .4

0.503

BMI

23.6 ± 1.9

24.4 ± 1.6

23.9 ± 2.6

23.4 ± 2.4

24.3 ± 2.3

0.547

DSTI

5.2 ± 0.9

5.1 ± 0.8

5.2 ± 0.8

5.3 ± 0.5

5.2 ± 0.8

0.473

GD

2.2 ± 1.0

2.2 ± 1.0

2.1 ± 1.0

2.0 ± 1.0

2.1 ± 1.0

0.838

OT

31.7 ± 4.8

31.7 ± 4.7

31.9 ± 4.6

32.2 ± 5.0

31.9 ± 4.7

0.947

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean
  2. BMI, body mass index; DSTI, the distance from rupture site to Achilles tendon insertion; GD, the gap distance of rupture site; OT, operation time