Limited medial osteochondral lesions of the talus associated with chronic ankle instability do not impact the results of endoscopic modified Broström ligament repair

Table 1 Characterization of the sample

Variable	Lesion group (n = 60)	Non-lesion group (n = 32)	P^a value
Age, y	33.48 ± 8.37	35.28 ± 9.88	0.360^b
Sex			0.827^c
Male	38	21
Female	22	11
BMI, kg/m²	24.71 ± 2.78	24.03 ± 2.71	0.266^b
VAS	6.08 ± 1.64	6.25 ± 2.00	0.668^b
AOFAS	69.72 ± 9.29	71.79 ± 9.70	0.278^b
KAFS	66.42 ± 8.58	67.91 ± 11.36	0.519^b
ATT, mm	7.42 ± 1.80	7.22 ± 1.31	0.584^b
Disease duration, mo	16.13 ± 3.23	15.63 ± 2.92	0.459^b

BMI, Body mass index; OCD, osteochondral defect; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale; AOFAS, American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society; KAFS, Karlsson Ankle Function Score; ATT, Anterior Talar Translation
^aA value p < 0.05 was set as statistically significant
^bt test
^cPearson χ² test

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