Table 2.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics
| Variable | Meniscus repair (n = 6354) n (%) |
Meniscectomy (n = 99,372) n (%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 2362 (37.2%) | 45,556 (45.9%) | < 0.001 |
| Age (mean, SD) | 40.2 ± 15.7 | 52.6 ± 13.9 | < 0.001 |
| Age ≤ 40 years | 3451 (54.3%) | 18,039 (18.2%) | < 0.001 |
| BMI (mean, SD) | 29.7 ± 6.4 | 31.7 ± 7.3 | (n.s) |
| Steroid use | 53 (0.8%) | 1417 (1.4%) | < 0.001 |
| Diabetes | 376 (5.9%) | 10,645 (10.7%) | < 0.001 |
| Smoking | 1044 (16.4%) | 15,108 (15.2%) | |
| Dyspnoea | 88 (1.4%) | 2683 (2.7%) | < 0.001 |
| Functional health status prior surgery | (n.s) | ||
| Independent | 6290 (99.0%) | 98,046 (98.7%) | |
| Partially dependent/dependent | 35 (0.6%) | 362 (0.4%) | |
| COPD | 56 (0.9%) | 1870 (1.9%) | < 0.001 |
| CHF in 30 days before surgery | 2 (0.0%) | 96 (0.1%) | (n.s) |
| HTN | 1119 (17.6%) | 35,499 (35.7%) | < 0.001 |
| Renal failure/dialysis | 2 (0.0%) | 118 (0.1%) | (n.s) |
| Bleeding disorders | 33 (0.5%) | 1085 (1.1%) | < 0.001 |