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Eighty-nine patients met the inclusion criteria, of which 65.2% were obese (BMI\u2009&gt;\u200930) and 10.1% were morbidly obese (BMI\u2009&gt;\u200940). Average BMI across all patients was 32.6\u2009\u00b1\u20096.7. Forty-four patients had a tear involving the posterior horn of the medial meniscus, including 20 involving the meniscal root. The average BMI of patients with tears involving the meniscal root was 35.7\u2009\u00b1\u20096. There was a statistically significant association between type of meniscus tear and BMI as well as height. Obese patients were more likely to have a posterior horn of the medial meniscus tear (odds ratio [OR]: 1.59) and meniscal root tear (OR: 124.67), as were morbidly obese patients (OR: 2.21 and 5.41, respectively). Elevated BMI is associated with posterior horn of the medial meniscus tear. 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