Prevalence of patellar tendon hypervascularity (%)
|
Baseline
|
Follow-up
|
p
|
---|
total
|
1 (0.5)
|
21 (10.0)
|
< 0.001
|
male participants
|
1 (0.7)
|
18 (12.8)
|
< 0.001
|
female participants
|
0 (0)
|
3 (4.3)
|
0.245
|
BMI < 23 kg/m2
|
0 (0)
|
9 (7.3)
|
0.003
|
BMI > 23 kg/m2
|
1 (1.2)
|
12 (14.3)
|
0.002
|
age ≤ 35 years
|
0 (0)
|
15 (13.2)
|
< 0.001
|
age > 35 years
|
1 (1.0)
|
6 (6.3)
|
0.118
|
weekly training < 50 km
|
1 (0.6)
|
13 (9.1)
|
0.002
|
weekly training > 50 km
|
0 (0)
|
8 (14.8)
|
< 0.001
|
half marathon distance
|
0 (0)
|
7 (8.0)
|
0.014
|
marathon distance
|
1 (0.8)
|
14 (11.5)
|
< 0.001
|
- p values < 0.05 were considered significant and are highlighted in bold print