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Table 1 Comparison of the parameters according to the sex difference

From: Coronal plane femoral bowing in Far East Asians: implications for the strategy of distal femoral resection in total knee arthroplasty

 

Male (n = 232)

Female (n = 424)

p value

Age (years old)

69.4 ± 8.2 (50 to 89)

70.5 ± 6.8 (52 to 89)

 

Hip–knee–ankle angle (HKA, °)

6.7 ± 6.8 (− 19.6 to 27.6)

8.4 ± 5.5 (− 13.4 to 25.4)

0.002*

Neck–shaft angle (NSA, °)

125.0 ± 5.5 (109.9 to 137.2)

126.4 ± 5.6 (110.6 to 142.7)

0.002*

pSAD (°)

5.9 ± 1.7 (1.1 to 12.2)

5.4 ± 1.5 (1.0 to 10.4)

0.004*

mSAD (°)

6.1 ± 1.1 (3.5 to 8.8)

6.6 ± 0.9 (4.1 to 8.8)

 < 0.001*

dSAD (°)

5.3 ± 1.6 (2.1 to 10.3)

5.6 ± 1.6 (1.8 to 11.3)

0.027*

PB (mSAD–pSAD, °)

0.3 ± 1.8 (− 6.3 to 5.2)

1.2 ± 1.6 (− 3.7 to 7.7)

 < 0.001*

DB (dSAD–mSAD, °)

 − 0.8 ± 1.8 (− 6.0 to 5.8)

 − 1.0 ± 1.6 (− 5.7 to 5.3)

0.229

GB (dSAD–pSAD, °)

 − 0.5 ± 2.9 (− 7.7 to 9.1)

0.2 ± 2.7 (− 6.7 to 9.8)

0.002*

mLDFA (°)

88.4 ± 2.6 (80.7 to 96.7)

89.3 ± 2.6 (81 to 98)

 < 0.001*

Femur length (mm)

432.3 ± 23.9 (365.1 to 517.1)

410.6 ± 23.3 (342 to 481.5)

 < 0.001*

Isthmic distance (mm)

245.0 ± 23.8 (136.7 to 321.7)

232.1 ± 23.1 (121.1 to 297.0)

 < 0.001*

Isthmic location (%)

56.6 ± 4.0 (34.1 to 68.7)

56.5 ± 5.7 (40.2 to 74.0)

0.844

Isthmic diameter (mm)

12.2 ± 1.9 (8.6 to 19.1)

11.8 ± 2.1 (7.0 to 16.9)

0.076

  1. pSAD proximal segmental axial deviation, mSAD middle segmental axial deviation, dSAD distal segmental axial deviation, PB proximal bowing, DB distal bowing, GB gross bowing, mLDFA mechanical lateral distal femoral angle
  2. *p < 0.05