| ACL Injury (%) | Meniscal injury (%) | Healthy control (%) | All groups (%) |
Number of patients | 63 (15.1) | 71 (17.1) | 282 (77.8) | 416 (100.0) |
Gender | ||||
Male | 41 (65.1) | 52 (73.2) | 156 (55.3) | 249 (59.9) |
Female | 22 (34.9) | 19 (26.8) | 126 (44.7) | 167 (40.1) |
Smoking Status | ||||
No smoker | 51 (81.0) | 43 (60.6) | 225 (79.8) | 319 (76.7) |
Smoker | 12 (19.0) | 28 (39.4) | 57 (20.2) | 97 (23.3) |
Obesity | ||||
No obese | 57 (90.5) | 57 (80.3) | 256 (90.8) | 370 (88.9) |
Obese | 6 (9.5) | 14 (19.7) | 26 (9.2) | 46 (11.1) |
Injury mechanism | ||||
Non-traumatic | 48 (76.2) | 61 (85.9) | 151 (53.5) | 260 (62.5) |
Traumatic | 15 (23.8) | 10 (14.1) | 131 (46.5) | 156 (37.5) |
Previous injuries | ||||
None | 34 (54.0) | 53 (74.6) | 275 (97.5) | 362 (87.0) |
ACL tear | 29 (46.0) | 4 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | 33 (1.9) |
Meniscal injury | 0 (0.0) | 14 (19.7) | 7 (2.5) | 21 (5.0) |
Age* | 31.95 y | 45.23 y | 40.52 y | 40.03 y |