. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 29.

Published in final edited form as: J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2010 Oct 27;19(8):1191–1198. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2010.07.017

Table 2.

Tear characteristics for the asymptomatic side for patients with a tear (n=196)

Variable	Partial (n=61)	Full (n=135)	p-value ^*

Tear width (mm)	9.0 (7.0-12.0)	10.5 (.0-16.0)	< 0.05 ^{^}

Tear length (mm)	6.0 (5.6-8.0)	11.0 (8.0-18.0)	< 0.05 ^{^}

Tear area (mm²)	64.0 (40.0-91.0)	111 (56.0-234)	< 0.05 ^{^}

Tear classification ^{^^}
Small (<10 mm)	31 (51%)	36 (27%)	< 0.05
Medium (10-30 mm)	30 (49%)	85 (63%)
Large (>30 mm)	0	14 (10%)

Data are median (IQR) or # of patients (% of group).

p-value compares partial to full tears by unpaired t-test or chi-square test (for tear size classification).

^{^}

Data log-transformed prior to analysis.

^{^^}

Based on tear width or length, whichever is larger.