Table 3.

Baseline Demographics Comparison between Hand Surgeon and Referring Physician Patient Cohorts

	Hand Surgeon Group		Referring Physician Group		P-Value
Number of patients	66		74
Age	36		38		.15^*
Gender
Male	22	33%	31	42%	.39^{^†}
Female	44	67%	43	58%
BMI	28.8		27.9		.47^*
Obesity	24	36%	24	32%	.60^{^†}
Smokers	9	14%	12	16%	.81^{^†}
Referring provider
UMHS	112	85%	66	89%	.61^{^†}
Non-UMHS	10	15%	8	11%	.61^{^†}
Previous hand surgery/trauma	27	41%	14	19%	.005^{^†^‡}
Charlson Comorbidity Index	0.24		0.36		.24^*
Prior therapy/splinting/injections	44	67%	43	58%	.38^{^†}
Insured in healthcare	62	94%	71	96%	.71^{^†}
MRI timing (<6weeks of symptoms)	27	41%	21	28%	.15^{^†}

BMI, body mass index; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; UMHS, University of Michigan Health System.
↵* Student t-test.
↵† Fisher exact test.
↵‡ Statistical significance.