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Table 2 Patients’ demographic characteristics and measurements between MMT cases and healthy controls

From: The influence of the steep medial posterior tibial slope on medial meniscus tears in adolescent patients: a retrospective case-control study

 

MMT group

Control group

P value

Patients

36

36

 

Age (years)

15.0 ± 1.6

14.8 ± 1.2

0.566

Male/female

21/15

21/15

1.000

MPTS (°)

10.7 ± 2.1

8.8 ± 1.7

<0.001*

LPTS (°)

11.5 ± 3.4

10.9 ± 2.6

0.403

  1. Control group, patients without any pathologic findings on MRI
  2. Continuous variables are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  3. MMT medial meniscal tears, MPTS medial posterior tibial slope, LPTS lateral posterior tibial slope
  4. *Statistically significant (P<0.05)
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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