Table 1.

Baseline demographics and outcome measures

	Surgical		Conservative
	Randomised (n = 10)	Preference (n = 3)	Randomised (n = 10)	Preference (n = 26)
Age in years	48 (11)	43 (17)	49 (13)	43 (13)
Male/Female	5/5	2/1	8/2	22/4
Left/Right	6/4	1/2	6/4	14/12
EQ-5D*	1.0 (0.9-1.0)	1.0 (1.0-1.0)	1.0 (0.8-1.0)	1.0 (1.0-1.0)
ATRS*	100 (92-100)	100 (90-100)	96 (97-100)	100 (90-100)
DRI*	2.6 (0.3-15.4)	0.0 (0.0-10.4)	1.6 (0.3-9.4)	0.4 (0.0-3.2)

ATRS = Achilles Total Rupture Score; DRI = Disability Rating Index. Data are means (SD); *Median and (IQR)