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Table 1 Participant demographics

From: A pilot study on biomarkers for tendinopathy: lower levels of serum TNF-α and other cytokines in females but not males with Achilles tendinopathy

 

Achilles tendon status

 
 

Normal (n = 10)

Tendinopathy (n = 22)

p

Sex (male:female)

6:4

15:7

0.652

Age (years)

54.5 (8.4)

53.0 (10.8)

0.475

Height (cm)

172.1 (11.3)

175.2 (7.1)

0.416

Weight (kg)

82.5 (18.8)

86.9 (16.4)

0.490

BMI (kg/m2)

27.6 (3.8)

28.2 (4.2)

0.968

Physical activity (MET-hours/week)a

137.2 (29.1)

151.2 (54.2)

0.637

Pain: symptom duration (months)

N/A

24 (IQR 8 to 24) Range 3.5 to 120

 
  1. Data reported as mean (standard deviation (SD)) except symptom duration, which is given as median and interquartile range (IQR). aPhysical activity data missing for 1 individual in control group and 2 individuals in tendinopathy group