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Table 2 Comparison of the parameters according to the age group in male

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

Male

50–69 years (n = 114)

70–89 years (n = 118)

p value

Hip–knee–ankle angle (HKA, °)

5.6 ± 7.3 (− 19.6 to 24.5)

7.8 ± 6.0 (− 11.6 to 27.6)

0.033*

Neck–shaft angle (NSA, °)

125.2 ± 5.4 (109.9 to 137.1)

124.8 ± 5.7 (112.7 to 137.2)

0.583

pSAD (°)

6.0 ± 1.8 (1.1 to 12.2)

5.7 ± 1.6 (1.2 to 10.3)

0.210

mSAD (°)

6.1 ± 1.1 (3.8 to 8.8)

6.1 ± 1.1 (3.5 to 8.8)

0.954

dSAD (°)

5.2 ± 1.7 (2.1 to 10.3)

5.4 ± 1.6 (2.1 to 9.5)

0.349

PB (mSAD–pSAD, °)

0.1 ± 1.9 (− 6.3 to 4.6)

0.4 ± 1.7 (− 4.5 to 5.2)

0.212

DB (dSAD–mSAD, °)

 − 0.9 ± 1.9 (− 4.9 to 5.8)

 − 0.7 ± 1.7 (− 6.0 to 3.2)

0.370

GB (dSAD–pSAD, °)

 − 0.8 ± 2.9 (− 7.7 to 9.1)

 − 0.3 ± 2.8 (− 6.7 to 6.6)

0.180

mLDFA (°)

88.0 ± 2.8 (80.7 to 96.7)

88.8 ± 2.4 (82.6 to 96.7)

0.028*

Femur length (mm)

433.9 ± 24.3 (368.9 to 501.5)

430.8 ± 23.6 (365.1 to 517.1)

0.335

Isthmic distance (mm)

246.5 ± 22.1 (207.1 to 309.0)

243.5 ± 25.4 (136.7 to 321.7)

0.323

Isthmic location (%)

56.7 ± 3.4 (48.9 to 66.7)

56.6 ± 4.6 (34.1 to 68.7)

0.975

Isthmic diameter (mm)

12.2 ± 2.0 (8.6 to 18.3)

12.2 ± 1.9 (8.8 to 19.1)

0.787

  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