Role of Critical Shoulder Angle in Degenerative Type Rotator Cuff Tears: A Turkish Cohort Study

19 April 2024: Clinical Research

Mehmed Nuri Tütüncü ^1ACE* , Yiğit Kültür ^2BD , Mahmut Kürşat Özşahin ^3BCD , Nuri Aydin ^3ABE

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.943703

Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e943703

Table 1 Distribution of descriptive properties.

		Total	Group 1	Group 2	P
Age	Min-Max	45–74	45–74	45–73	0.894^a
Age	Mean±SD	58.44±7.43	58.54±7.37	58.34±7.57	0.894^a
Sex, n (%)	Female	43 (43)	22 (44)	21 (42)	0.840^b
Sex, n (%)	Male	57 (57)	28 (56)	29 (58)	0.840^b
Dominance, n (%)	Right	85 (85)	41 (82)	44 (88)	0.401^b
Dominance, n (%)	Left	15 (15)	9 (18)	6 (12)	0.401^b
Smoking status, n (%)	Yes	36 (36)	19 (38)	17 (34)	0.677^b
Smoking status, n (%)	No	64 (64)	31 (62)	33 (66)	0.677^b
Affected side, n (%)	Right	57 (57)	31 (62)	26 (52)	0.313^b
Affected side, n (%)	Left	43 (43)	19 (38)	24 (48)	0.313^b
CSA	Min-Max	27.7–42.2	30.6–42.2	27.7–41.1	^a
CSA	Mean±SD	35.51±3.42	37.48±2.47	33.53±3.10	^a
^a Independent sample test; ^b Pearson chi-square test; ^* min – minimum; max – maximum; CSA – critical shoulder angle; SD – standard deviation.