Table 2.

Baseline characteristics

		OS		MIS		P value
			P value		P value
Gender (Male/Female)	0w	85/3	0.999	67/4	0.954	0.713
	2w	82/3		68/4		0.706
	4w	89/3		63/3		1.000
Age (years)	0w	45.5 ± 14.7	0.667	42.6 ± 15.5	0.671	0.228
	2w	44.3 ± 15.4		44.4 ± 14.7		0.973
	4w	46.2 ± 11.6		44.5 ± 12.3		0.395
Affected side (Right/Left)	0w	41/47	0.996	32/39	0.897	0.853
	2w	39/46		35/37		0.734
	4w	43/49		30/36		0.874
Body Mass Index	0w	26.4 ± 1.6	0.056	26.0 ± 1.7	0.569	0.086
	2w	25.9 ± 1.7		26.2 ± 1.5		0.234
	4w	26.5 ± 2.3		26.3 ± 2.0		0.463
Operation Time (min)	0w	46.1 ± 4.8	0.304	34.1 ± 4.6	0.913	< 0.001
	2w	45.1 ± 3.5		34.4 ± 4.0		< 0.001
	4w	45.4 ± 3.7		34.1 ± 3.1		< 0.001
GDRS (cm)	0w	1.7 ± 0.7	0.149	1.9 ± 0.6	0.820	0.054
	2w	1.9 ± 0.7		1.8 ± 0.6		0.689
	4w	1.9 ± 0.8		1.8 ± 0.9		0.735
DRSTI (cm)	0w	4.3 ± 0.7	0.415	4.5 ± 0.8	0.060	0.233
	2w	4.2 ± 0.7		4.2 ± 0.6		0.837
	4w	4.3 ± 0.6		4.3 ± 0.7		0.701
Incision length (cm)	0w	4.7 ± 0.8	0.347	2.3 ± 0.4	0.109	< 0.001
	2w	4.5 ± 1.1		2.4 ± 0.4		< 0.001
	4w	4.5 ± 1.0		2.2 ± 0.4		< 0.001

Data represent the mean ± SD;

GDRS, gap distance of the rupture site; DRSTI, distance from the rupture site to the Achilles tendon insertion