Table 1 Patients characteristics.

From: Combined Therapy with Shock Wave and Retrograde Bone Marrow-Derived Cell Transplantation for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus

Characteristics

Group A (n = 41)

Group B (n = 28)

P value

Female, n (%)

17 (41.5)

15 (53.6)

0.322

Age, years

43.1 ± 8.2

47.4 ± 9.4

0.371

BMI, kg/m2

24.9 ± 4.6

25.3 ± 5.1

0.890

IBST, weeks

6.6 ± 3.1

6.9 ± 2.9

0.162

Duration of follow-up, years

3.7 ± 1.2

4.3 ± 2.2

0.113

Trauma History, (%)

26 (63.4)

19 (67.8)

0.704

Hepple MRI Grade

Grade I

11

8

0.874

Grade II

24

18

 

Grade III

6

2

 
  1. Note: BMI:Body Mass Index; IBST: Interval between the onset of symptoms and the beginning of treatment.
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