Smaller Anterior Cruciate Ligament Diameter Is a Predictor of Subjects Prone to Ligament Injuries: An Ultrasound Study

Table 1

Demographic, anthropometric, and clinical characteristics of cases and controls.

	ACL injured; ( = 25)	Control; ( = 25)	value^*
Age (years)	33.52 ± 12.22	33.92 ± 7.64	0.890
Height (cm)	170.7 ± 6.37	171.2 ± 5.53	0.768
Weight (kg)	78.68 ± 12.50	80.16 ± 13.15	0.685
BMI	26.98 ± 3.77	27.45 ± 5.10	0.711
Gender
Male	24 (96%)	24 (96%)	1.00
Female	1 (4%)	1 (4%)
Ethnicity
Arab	18 (72%)	18 (72%)	1.00
Non-Arab Asian	6 (24%)	6 (24%)
Caucasian	1 (4%)	1 (4%)
ACL injury
No injury	—	25 (100%)	—
Noncontact injury	25 (100%)	—
Type of ACL injury
Complete thickness	17 (68%)	—	—
Partial thickness	8 (32%)	—
ACL injury side
Right	10 (40%)	—	—
Left	15 (60%)	—

value computed using Chi-square and unpaired -test.
Quantitative variable values were presented in mean ± SD.