TABLE 1.
Baseline General Patient and Disease-Specific Characteristics of 1442 Patients Undergoing Superior-Posterior Rotator Cuff Tendon Repair
| Value | |
|---|---|
| General Patient Characteristics | |
| Age, ya | 58 (52–64) |
| Body mass indexa | 29.2 (25.8–33.1) |
| Charlson comorbidity indexa | 1 (0–3) |
| Education, ya | 14 (12–16) |
| VR-12 mental component scorea | 52.9 (43.1–60.5) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 565 (39) |
| Male | 877 (61) |
| Race | |
| White | 1112 (77) |
| Black | 176 (12) |
| Other | 30 (2) |
| Not available | 124 (9) |
| Smoking status | |
| Current | 223 (15) |
| Quit | 488 (34) |
| Never | 731 (51) |
| Preoperative opioid use | |
| Yes | 654 (45) |
| No | 788 (55) |
| Chronic pain | |
| Yes | 515 (36) |
| No | 927 (64) |
| Employment status | |
| Full-time | 667 (46) |
| Part-time | 38 (3) |
| Retired | 249 (17) |
| Self-employed | 75 (6) |
| Not employed | 394 (27) |
| Not applicable | 19 (1) |
| Workers’ compensation | |
| Yes | 110 (8) |
| No | 1332 (92) |
| Disease-Specific Characteristics | |
| Prior surgery | |
| Yes | 169 (12) |
| No | 1273 (88) |
| Rotator cuff tear type | |
| Full | 1100 (76) |
| Partial | 342 (24) |
| Rotator cuff tear size | |
| Large (3–5 cm)/massive (>5 cm) | 560 (39) |
| Medium (1–3 cm) | 623 (43) |
| Small (<1 cm) | 259 (18) |
| Surgery type | |
| Primary | 1336 (93) |
| Revision | 106 (7) |
| Subscapularis tendon | |
| Torn | 301 (21) |
| Normal | 1141 (79) |
| Biceps tendon tear type | |
| Full | 179 (12) |
| Partial | 499 (35) |
| Normal | 764 (53) |
| Acromioclavicular joint | |
| Abnormal | 132 (9) |
| Normal | 1310 (91) |
| Glenoid cartilage | |
| Grade 3/grade 4 | 68 (5) |
| Normal/grade 1/grade 2 | 1374 (95) |
| Humeral head cartilage | |
| Grade 3/grade 4 | 89 (6) |
| Normal/grade 1/grade 2 | 1353 (94) |
| Acromion | |
| Abnormal | 542 (38) |
| Normal | 900 (62) |
| Adhesive capsulitis | |
| Yes | 45 (3) |
| No | 1397 (97) |
| Labral tear | |
| Yes | 272 (19) |
| No | 1170 (81) |
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These values are presented as median (interquartile range). All other values in the table are presented as n (%). VR-12, Veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey.