Table 1.

Demographics of two randomized groups

	Group 1 (n = 56)	Group 2 (n = 45)	p-Value
Age, mean (years)	61.7 years	60.0 years	0.313
Male	28 (50.0 %)	16 (35.6 %)	0.163
Diabetes mellitus	10 (17.9 %)	3 (6.7 %)	0.134
Smoker	2 (3.6 %)	8 (17.8 %)	0.042
Thumb affected	16 (28.6 %)	7 (15.6 %)	0.458
Right-hand dominant	46 (82.1 %)	42 (93.3 %)	0.124
Dominant hand affected	36 (64.3 %)	27 (60.0 %)	0.681