Effect of the presence of the articular cartilage on the femoral component rotation in total knee arthroplasty in female and varus osteoarthritis knees

Table 2 Comparison of the TEA-PCA angle with and without cartilage between Korean males and females

Parameter	Whole patients (n = 670), mean ± SD (range)	Female (n = 531), mean ± SD (range)	Male (n = 139), mean ± SD (range)	p value
TEA-PCA (with cartilage)	2.4 ± 0.9 (− 2.6, 3.9)	2.4 ± 0.9 (− 1.6, 3.5)	2.5 ± 1.0 (− 2.6, 3.9)	0.35^n.s
TEA-PCA (without cartilage)	2.6 ± 1.0 (− 1.6, 8.6)	2.6 ± 1.1 (− 0.6, 8.6)	2.5 ± 1.0 (− 1.6, 4.3)	0.46^n.s
	< 0.05	< 0.05	0.93^n.s

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