Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of the correlation between calcific tendinitis and rotator cuff injury

BMC Medical Imaging

Table 1 Comparison of demographics and incidence of rotator cuff tear between the two groups

	n (216)	CaT group (108)	Control group (108)	P value
Age	49.5±10.7	49.5±10.7	49.5±10.8	1.0*
Gender
Male	90	45	45	1.0**
Female	126	63	63
Complications
Diabetes	62	34	28	0.367**
Hypothyroidism	11	8	3	0.122***
Inflammatory/Rheumatoid Arthritis	6	4	2	0.445***
Connective tissue disease	0	0	0	1.0***
Hypertension	27	15	14	0.842**
Nature of work				0.880**
Light physical labor	155	78	77
Heavy physical labour	61	30	31
Diseased side of shoulder joint n (%)				0.781**
Left	86	42	44
Right	132	66	64
Rotator cuff tear n (%)				0.023**
Yes	61	23	38
No	155	85	70
Size of rotator cuff tear (%)				0.422**
Partial tear	47	19	28
Full-thickness tear	14	4	10
Site of rotator cuff tear (%)				0.247***
Supraspinatus muscle	40	16	24
Infraspinatus muscle	14	3	11
Subscapular muscle	7	4	3

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