Group characteristics for the subgroups
| No | Age | % women | BMI | Tegner | Follow-up (year) | % symptomatic knee* | PASS pain %† | PASS symptom %† | PASS ADL %† | PASS sport/Rec %† | PASS QOL %† | |
| Younger APM | 50 | 29.1 (±4.1) | 36.0 | 25.3 (±3.8) | 5.5 (±2.9) | 4.0 (±1.2) | 66.0 | 86.0 | 50.0 | 80.0 | 68.0 | 68.0 |
| Suture | 31 | 26.3 (±4.5) | 35.5 | 24.7 (±3.0) | 5.0 (±2.9) | 4.0 (±1.5) | 64.5 | 80.6 | 48.8 | 83.9 | 71.0 | 64.5 |
| APM+ACLR | 30 | 27.5 (±4.6) | 40.0 | 26.0 (±5.0) | 5.2 (±2.5) | 5.0 (±1.2) | 66.7 | 73.3 | 60.0 | 76.7 | 76.7 | 66.7 |
| Suture+ACLR | 39 | 26.0 (±4.6) | 59.0 | 26.1 (±3.6) | 5.0 (±2.8) | 4.6 (±1.2) | 53.8 | 74.4 | 61.5 | 87.2 | 74.4 | 59.0 |
| Middle-aged APM | 196 | 46.4 (±5.2) | 33.2 | 25.8 (±3.6) | 3.2 (±1.9) | 3.9 (±1.4) | 62.2 | 68.9 | 62.8 | 74.5 | 65.8 | 60.2 |
| Suture | 21 | 42.8 (±6.1) | 23.8 | 26.1 (±3.2) | 3.2 (±2.2) | 3.7 (±1.2) | 66.7 | 81.0 | 71.4 | 85.7 | 66.7 | 38.1 |
| APM+ACLR | 32 | 44.2 (±6.4) | 34.4 | 24.9 (±3.2) | 3.3 (±1.9) | 4.9 (±1.4) | 59.4 | 84.4 | 68.8 | 87.5 | 81.3 | 75.0 |
| Suture+ACLR | 22 | 44.0 (±5.2) | 45.5 | 25.3 (±3.0) | 3.2 (±1.7) | 4.7 (±1.3) | 54.5 | 90.9 | 68.2 | 90.9 | 77.3 | 77.3 |
Describing the mean age, BMI and Tegner of the study group as well as percent symptomatic knee and percent above PASS in the subscales for each group.
BMI, body mass index; ADL, Activities of daily living; QOL, quality of life
*According to the definition by Englund et al.25
†According to PASS-value from Pedersen et al.26
ACLR, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; ADL, Activities of daily living; APM, arthroscopic partial meniscectomy; BMI, body mass index; PASS, patient’s acceptable symptom state; QOL, quality of life.