Table 1.

Player Characteristics Between Injured and Control Players

	Control (n = 500)	Meniscal Tear (n = 250)	P
Case-control match
Player position, n			.84
Attacker	104	52
Midfielder	164	82
Defender	166	83
Goalkeeper	66	33
Season of play	2011 ± 5.7	2011 ± 3.3	.09
Total years played in league	4.9 ± 3.6	6.29 ± 4.3	>.99
Height, m	1.8 ± 0.1	1.83 ± 0.1	>.99
Age during season	24.7 ± 4.4	25.2 ± 4.5	.13
Baseline metrics a
Games played	12.5 ± 13.2	14.4 ± 12.9	.06
Total time played	926.1 ± 1067.7	1077.8 ± 1074.5	.07
Goals scored	0.2 ± 0.2	0.2 ± 0.1	.80
Assists recorded	0.2 ± 0.1	0.2 ± 0.1	.35

^a Metrics 1 season before the index time point.