The effect of varus knee deformities on the ankle alignment in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Table 3 Characteristics of patients

Characteristic	Male	Female	p
Number of patients	24	54	/
Number of knees	29	66	/
Right/left	18/11	38/28	/
Mean age (year)	69.83 ± 6.329	68.17 ± 6.25	0.124
HKA	8.16 ± 4.36	7.69 ± 5.93	0.439
TTA	89.84 ± 3.35	90.77 ± 3.03	0.363
TAS	89.10 ± 3.49	88.03 ± 3.07	0.702
LDTA	91.11 ± 2.93	92.19 ± 2.97	0.186
TT	1.34 ± 1.57	1.42 ± 1.43	0.136
Ground-plafond (GP)	8.44 ± 3.72	9.07 ± 3.88	0.107
Ground-talus (GT)	7.19 ± 4.06	7.87 ± 4.14	0.817
Plateau-plafond (PP)	6.12 ± 3.34	6.84 ± 4.00	0.463
TC	77.43 ± 3.76	76.82 ± 3.82	0.460

HKA hip-knee-ankle angle, TTA tibiotalar angle, TAS tibial anterior surface angle, LDTA lateral distal tibial angle, TT talar tilt angle, TC anatomical talocrural angle, PP angle between the tibial plateau and distal tibial plafond, GP angle between the ground surface and distal tibial plafond, GT angle between the ground surface and upper talus

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