Table 1 Patient characteristics

Gender (male/female)

24/32 (75)

19/33 (57.6)

18/32 (56.3)

0.222^b

Age (years)

54.6 (32 to 73)

55.4 (29 to 72)

52.7 (29 to 74)

0.795^a

BMI (kg/m²)

25.7 (19 to 36)

24.5 (20 to 29)

24.7 (18 to 28)

0.659^a

Hemoglobin (g/L)

150.8 (121 to 192)

141.5 (119 to 162)

142.1 (94 to 186)

0.064^a

Platelets (10⁹/L)

243.2 (100 to 515)

247.1 (178 to 419)

256.5 (146 to 480)

0.590^a

Length of the incision (cm)

11 (9.5 to 12)

10.8 (9.7 to 13)

11.4 (10 to 12.8)

0.840^a

Leg length discrepancy (cm)

0.2 (0 to 0.6)

0.2 (0.1 to 0.5)

0.3 (0.1 to 0.6)

0.753^a

Limb length change (cm)

0.8 (0.5 to 1)

0.6 (0.2 to 0.8)

0.9 (0.3 to 1.1)

0.836^a