Quantitative Diagnostic Method for Biceps Long Head Tendinitis by Using Ultrasound

Table 1

Demographic data and ultrasonic quantitative parameters among biceps tendinitis and nonbiceps tendinitis groups.

Parameters	Total; (𝑛=336)	Biceps tendinitis (+); (𝑛=136)	Biceps tendinitis (−); (𝑛=200)	𝑃
Age (year)	52.8±13.4	53.8±11.9	52.2±14.3	0.272
Gender (male%)	40.5	39.7	41.0	0.822
BW (Kg)	59.6±11.9	59.1±11.2	60.0±12.3	0.470
BH (cm)	161.3±8.0	160.7±7.4	161.6±8.4	0.301
Duration (week)	10.9±9.5	11.7±9.4	10.4±9.6	0.211
Transverse ROI
Max.	191.5±31.1	202.5±28.0	184.0±30.9	<0.001*
Min.	53.0±21.0	45.1±20.2	58.4±19.9	<0.001*
Mean	112.0±27.1	112.4±24.9	111.8±28.6	0.828
StdDev	25.2±6.7	30.1±6.8	21.9±4.1	<0.001*
Longitudinal ROI	169.0±35.9	180.0±39.8	161.6±30.9
Max.	169.0±35.9	180.0±39.8	161.6±30.9	<0.001*
Min.	44.9±16.6	38.8±16.0	49.1±15.6	<0.001*
Average	97.7±66.1	102.9±99.2	94.2±25.1	0.238
StdDev	21.9±6.5	26.5±6.0	18.7±4.7	<0.001*

^∗𝑃<0.05 by independent student 𝑡-test.