Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of the study participants

	Control (N = 17)	TearA (N = 15)	P value
Age, years	63.0B ± 10.1C	62.6 ± 9.0	0.907
Male, %	53%	53%	0.982
ASES score (best 100, worst 0)	97.4 ± 4.0	52.0 ± 25.8	< 0.001
Fat fraction, supraspinatusD	3.3% ± 1.4%E	7.3% ± 5.9%	0.024
Goutallier grade, supraspinatus	0.4 ± 0.5	0.9 ± 0.7	0.022
Body mass index, kg/cm2	25.4 ± 3.8	31.5 ± 4.9	< 0.001
Charlson co-morbidity index	2.4 ±1.5	2.7 ±2.2	0.640

^A= Painful full-thickness supraspinatus tendon tear;

^B= Mean;

^C= Standard deviation;

^D= Two study participants in the tear cohort did not have a fat fraction map available for analysis (n = 13);

^E= fat fraction is expressed as a percentage