Table 1. Characteristics of patients with or without PCL injury.
Posterior cruciate ligament | Total | With | Without | P | |||
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Variables | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Total | 20,845 | 4,169 | 20.00 | 16,676 | 80.00 | ||
Sex | 0.999 | ||||||
Male | 14,765 | 70.83 | 2,953 | 70.83 | 11,812 | 70.83 | |
Female | 6,080 | 29.17 | 1,216 | 29.17 | 4,864 | 29.17 | |
Age (years) | 32.54±17.94 | 32.15±12.65 | 32.64±19.03 | 0.115 | |||
Age group (years) | 0.999 | ||||||
18–24 | 8,815 | 42.29 | 1,763 | 42.29 | 7,052 | 42.29 | |
25–49 | 9,585 | 45.98 | 1,917 | 45.98 | 7,668 | 45.98 | |
≥50 | 2,445 | 11.73 | 489 | 11.73 | 1,956 | 11.73 | |
Poor prognosisa | <0.001 | ||||||
Without | 20,332 | 97.54 | 4,008 | 96.14 | 16,324 | 97.89 | |
With | 513 | 2.46 | 161 | 3.86 | 352 | 2.11 | |
Meniscus tear | <0.001 | ||||||
Without | 20,761 | 99.60 | 4,122 | 98.87 | 16,639 | 99.78 | |
With | 84 | 0.40 | 47 | 1.13 | 37 | 0.22 | |
Osteoarthritis | 0.001 | ||||||
Without | 20,415 | 97.94 | 4,056 | 97.29 | 16,359 | 98.10 | |
With | 430 | 2.06 | 113 | 2.71 | 317 | 1.90 | |
Total knee replacement | 0.041 | ||||||
Without | 20,704 | 99.32 | 4,131 | 99.09 | 16,573 | 99.38 | |
With | 141 | 0.68 | 38 | 0.91 | 103 | 0.62 |
a. Poor prognosis include meniscus tear, osteoarthritis and total knee replacement.