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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients

From: Does anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction increase venous thromboembolism risk compared with knee meniscectomy under arthroscopy?

Characteristic

ACLR group

(n = 130)

Meniscectomy group (n = 190)

P value

Male sex, n (%)

90(69.2)

87(45.8)

< 0.001

Age, y, mean ± SD

29.5 ± 8.5

38.5 ± 11.8

< 0.001

BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD

24.0 ± 3.7

23.6 ± 3.0

0.315

Smoking, n (%)

20(15.4)

27(14.2)

0.771

Caprini score, mean ± SD

2.3 ± 0.6

2.7 ± 0.8

< 0.002

Concomitant surgery, n (%)

88(67.7)

57(30.0)

< 0.001

Tourniquet time, min, mean ± SD

61.6 ± 23.6

30.6 ± 15.6

< 0.001

Operative time, min, mean ± SD

76.6 ± 25.6

42.7 ± 17.8

< 0.001

  1. ACLR anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation