TABLE 2.
Diagnostic Performance of MRI by Injury a
Age | Body Mass Index | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤13 y | ≥14 y | P | Obese | Nonobese | P | |
Sensitivity, % | ||||||
Any meniscal tear | 80.0 | 74.6 | .590 | 85.4 | 74.9 | .149 |
Lateral meniscal tear | 64.3 | 50.0 | .303 | 62.1 | 53.1 | .284 |
Medial meniscal tear | 70.0 | 84.5 | .243 | 85.7 | 84.3 | .876 |
Specificity, % | ||||||
Any meniscal tear | 54.5 | 75.0 | .048 | 60.0 | 74.4 | .141 |
Lateral meniscal tear | 78.6 | 87.8 | .184 | 75.7 | 89.8 | .020 |
Medial meniscal tear | 81.3 | 80.5 | .915 | 82.2 | 80.1 | .745 |
a Bolding indicates statistically significant difference between groups (P < .05). MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.