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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 16.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Sports Med. 2016 Aug 1;44(12):3077–3082. doi: 10.1177/0363546516656835

Table 2.

Patient Characteristics (n = 2325 patients)

Age (Mean ± SD) 26.7 ± 11.1 years
Sex Male: 1302 (56.0%)
Female: 1023 (44.0%)
Ethnicity White: 1929 (83.0%)
Black: 195 (8.4%)
Other: 193 (8.3%)
Unknown: 8 (0.3%)
Marital Status Single: 1500 (64.5%)
Married: 656 (28.2%)
Other: 84 (3.6%)
Unknown: 85 (3.7%)
Body Mass Index 25.5 ± 4.9 kg/m2
Smoking Status Nonsmoker: 2033 (87.4%)
Smoker: 280 (12.0%)
Unknown: 12 (0.6%)
Sport at Injury Basketball: 508 (21.8%)
Football: 299 (12.9%)
Soccer: 372 (16.0%)
Other: 791 (34.0%)
None: 355 (15.3%)
Level of Competition Competitive: 917 (39.4%)
Recreational: 1394 (60.0%)
Unknown: 14 (0.6%)
Graft Type BTB Autograft: 1037 (44.7%)
Hamstring Autograft: 881 (37.9%)
Quadriceps Autograft: 3 (0.1%)
Allograft: 404 (17.4%)
Medial Meniscus Status Intact: 1389 (59.7%)
Meniscectomy: 431 (18.5%)
Repaired: 371 (16.0%)
Stable Untreated Tear: 130 (5.6%)
Unknown: 3 (0.1%)
Lateral Meniscus Status Intact: 1217 (52.3%)
Meniscectomy: 688 (29.6%)
Repaired: 163 (7.0%)
Stable Untreated Tear: 257 (11.1%)
Medial Articular Cartilage Status (Modified Outerbridge) Grade 0 or 1: 1796 (77.2%)
Grade2, 3, or 4: 529 (22.8%)
Lateral Articular Cartilage Status (Modified Outerbridge) Grade 0 or 1: 1835 (78.9%)
Grade2, 3, or 4: 490 (21.2%)
Patellofemoral Articular Cartilage Status (Modified Outerbridge) Grade 0 or 1: 1858 (79.9%)
Grade2, 3, or 4: 467 (20.1%)