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Table 2 Demographic data and distribution of patients stratified by failure of conservative treatment

From: Critical shoulder angle and failure of conservative treatment in patients with atraumatic full thickness rotator cuff tears

Demographic data

 

Combined

Failure of conservative treatment

 
 

No

Yes

p value

Total of patients

53

32

21

 

Age (mean, SD), years

63.2 ± 10.4

67.8 ± 8.4

56.14 ± 9.2

 < 0.001

Gender

 Male

40% (21/53)

43% (9/21)

57% (12/21)

 

 Female

60% (32/53)

72% (23/32)

28% (9/32)

0.035

Shoulder involved

 Left

47% (25/53)

60% (15/25)

40% (20/25)

 

 Right

53% (28/53)

61% (17/28)

39% (11/28)

0.958

Manual Worker

 No

92% (46/50)

65% (30/46)

35% (16/46)

 

 Yes

8% (4/50)

25% (1/4)

75% (3/4)

0.147

Location of tendon tear

 Only supraspinatus

53% (28/53)

50% (14/28)

50% (14/28)

 

 Supraspinatus + Infraspinatus

47% (25/53)

72% (18/25)

28% (7/25)

0.102

Diabetes

 No

87% (46/53)

59% (27/46)

41% (19/46)

 

 Yes

13% (7/53)

71% (5/7)

29% (2/7)

0.69

Hypothyroidism

 No

84% (45/53)

58% (26/45)

42% (19/45)

 

 Yes

15% (8/53)

75% (6/8)

25% (2/8)

0.45

Tobacco use

 No

88% (46/52)

63% (29/46)

37% (17/46)

 

 Yes

12% (6/52)

50% (3/6)

50% (3/6)

0.66