Comparison between primary repair and augmented repair with gastrocnemius turn-down flap for acute Achilles tendon rupture: a retrospective study with minimum 2-year follow-up

Table 1 Patient demographics

Characteristic	Group A	Group B	P Value
Sex (male/female)	39/3	25/1	0.574
Age(y)	35.5 ± 7.4	34.8 ± 6.5	0.699
Time to presentation (d)	4.3 ± 2.2	4.3 ± 2.5	0.883
Body mass index (kg/m²)	25.8 ± 3.4	25.8 ± 3.0	0.962
Side (left/right)	25/17	18/8	0.420
Follow-up period (mo)	51.7 ± 18.9	52.3 ± 12.8	0.873

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