Table 1.

Characteristics at baseline of all included patients (n = 1824)

Variable	Value
Age in years	59 ± 11
Sex (male)	39 (704)
Second opinion	2 (42)
Recurrence (yes)	8 (146)
Hand dominance
Right	88 (1607)
Left	8 (153)
Both	4 (64)
Dominant hand treated	49 (902)
Symptom duration in months median (interquartile range)	12 (6-24)
Workload
Not employed	40 (734)
Light	27 (492)
Medium	23 (427)
Heavy	9 (171)
BMI in kg/m2	27 ± 5
Smoking (no)	86 (1571)

Data presented as mean ± SD or % (n), unless otherwise noted.