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Table 1 Demographics

From: Timing of physical therapy for individuals with patellofemoral pain and the influence on healthcare use, costs and recurrence rates: an observational study

 

Full cohort

(n = 74,408)

Any physical therapy use

(n = 15,430)

Physical therapy first

(n = 3,591)

Early physical therapy

(n = 7,924)

Delayed physical therapy

(n = 3915)

No physical therapy

(n = 58,579)

Age, mean (SD)

32.1 (7.7)

31.9 (7.4)

30.4 (7.3)

32.2 (7.3)

32.6 (7.5)

32.1 (7.8)

  18 to 30

35,095 (47.2)

7377 (47.8)

1992 (55.5)

3684 (46.5)

1701 (43.4)

27,512 (47.0)

  31 to 40

26,943 (36.2)

5785 (37.5)

1209 (33.7)

3015 (38.0)

1561 (39.9)

21,019 (35.9)

  41 to 50

12,370 (16.6)

2268 (14.7)

390 (10.9)

1225 (15.5)

653 (16.7)

10,048 (17.2)

Female sex

22,640 (30.4)

4540 (29.4)

702 (19.5)

2600 (32.8)

1238 (31.6)

18,019 (30.8)

Branch of service

 Army

35,885 (48.2)

6445 (41.8)

1795 (50.0)

2927 (36.9)

1723 (44.0)

29,273 (50.0)

 Air Force

19,731 (26.5)

5358 (34.7)

710 (19.8)

3312 (41.8)

1336 (34.1)

14,219 (24.3)

 Coast Guard

1689 (2.3)

316 (2.0)

58 (1.6)

182 (2.3)

76 (1.9)

1367 (2.3)

 Marine Corps

5940 (8.0)

1080 (7.0)

437 (12.2)

416 (5.2)

227 (5.8)

4822 (8.2)

 Navy

11,163 (15.0)

2231 (14.5)

591 (16.5)

1087 (13.7)

553 (14.1)

8898 (15.2)

Socioeconomic status

 Junior Enlisted

32,702 (43.9)

6793 (44.0)

1624 (45.2)

3481 (43.9)

1688 (43.1)

25,724 (43.9)

 Senior Enlisted

26,854 (36.1)

5422 (35.1)

1072 (29.9)

2888 (36.4)

1462 (37.3)

21,297 (36.4)

 Junior Officer

7847 (10.5)

1762 (11.4)

472 (13.1)

884 (11.2)

405 (10.3)

6035 (10.3)

 Senior Officer

6587 (8.9)

1272 (8.2)

259 (7.2)

659 (8.3)

354 (9.0)

5293 (9.0)

 Unknown

418 (0.6)

182 (1.2)

164 (4.6)

12 (0.2)

6 (0.2)

230 (0.4)

  1. Reported as number (percentage) of patients unless otherwise specified