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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

ISSN: 1471-2474

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