Surgical outcome following rotator cuff tear repair in a low-income population. Impact of obesity and smoking

Table 5 Outcome of RCT repair according to the number of injured tendons

	SS	DB	TT	P value
UCLA	25 (1.5)	26.7 (2.3)	28.5 (1.8)	0.4816
VAS	4.3 (0.6)	4.0 (1.0)	3.6 (1.3)	0.8613
ASES	57.7 (5.7)	65.8 (11.4)	59.6 (11.1)	0.7927

47 low-income patients were subjected to rotator cuff tear (RCT) surgical repair and classified as having isolated supraspinatus (SS; n = 29), double (DB; n = 10) or triple (TT; n = 8) tendon lesions (see text for details). Data represent mean (SD), ASES American Shoulder and Elbow Shoulder Score, UCLA University of California at Los Angeles shoulder score, VAS visual analogic scale; P value evaluated using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey test, if appropriate.

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