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Table 1 Patient demographics and impact of marker placement in pre- and post-training groups

From: Skin marker placement by technologist prior to knee MRI helps identify clinically relevant pathologies

 

Pre-Training Group

Post-Training Group

P value

Number of MRIs

100

100

 

Age

  

0.2434

 Mean

48.05

50.37

 

 SD

14.87

13.12

 

Sex

  

0.3133

 Female

56

63

 

 Male

44

37

 

Clinician History

  

0.1649

 Pain

75

83

 

 Other

25

17

 

Marker Present

  

0.0059

 Yes

60

78

 

 No

40

22

 

Marker-Finding Correlation

  

0.5706

 Yes

38

53

 

 No

22

25

 

Diffuse Findings

  

0.004

 Yes

14

31

 

 No

86

69

 
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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