Prevalence and incidence rate of lower-extremity tendinopathies in a Danish general practice: a registry-based study

Table 4 Distribution of sex and age

	Patients with tendinopathies	Practice population
Sex
Male	41.5% (34.0 to 49.5)	47.8% (46.8 to 48.9)
Female	58.5% (50.5 to 66.1)	52.2% (51.1 to 53.2)
Age
Mean years^a	46.0 (43.3 to 48.7)	38.8 (38.4 to 39.3)
Age Groups
0 to 17^a	5.4% (2.8 to 10.3)	15.9% (15.2 to 16.7)
18 to 44	39.5% (32.0 to 47.4)	45.5% (44.5 to 46.6)
45 to 64^a	36.7% (29.5 to 44.7)	21.9% (21.0 to 22.7)
65+	18.4% (13.0 to 24.9)	16.7% (16.0 to 17.5)

Data presented as proportion (95% CI) unless otherwise stated
^aStatistically significant between-group differences at an alpha-level of 5% based on either overlapping confidence intervals or χ² tests

ISSN: 1471-2474