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Table 3 Statistic values of regression analysis by curve estimation of patella tilting via its neighboring bone rotation

From: Different effects of femoral and tibial rotation on the different measurements of patella tilting: An axial computed tomography study

  

R square

Beta

T

Sig T

Independent variable

Dependent variable

    

Femoral rotation

PTA-G

.54

.74

7.16

.0000

 

PTA-S

.01

-.11

-.70

.4899

 

PTA-M

.35

-.59

-4.77

.0000

Tibial rotation

PTA-G

.54

.74

7.11

.0000

 

PTA-S

.00

-.06

-.38

.7052

 

PTA-M

.14

-.38

-2.67

.0106

Femoral rotation relative to tibia

PTA-G

.073

.270

1.84

.0731

 

PTA-S

.01

-.10

-.67

.5062

 

PTA-M

.24

-.49

-3.73

.0006

  1. PTA-G: Patella tilt angle of Grelsamer; PTA-S: Patella tilt angle of Sasaki; PTA-M: modified patella tilt angle of Fukerson.