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Table 5 Comparison of the parameters according to the HKA angle in female

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

Female

HKA 0–10° (n = 236)

HKA 10° < (n = 162)

p value

Age (years old)

70.5 ± 6.8 (52.0 to 89.0)

70.7 ± 6.6 (55.0 to 86.0)

 

Hip–knee–ankle angle (HKA, °)

6.4 ± 2.4 (0.1 to 10.0)

13.4 ± 2.8 (10.1 to 25.4)

 < 0.001*

Neck–shaft angle (NSA, °)

126.4 ± 5.6 (111.7 to 141.7)

126.5 ± 5.9 (110.6 to 142.7)

0.865

pSAD (°)

5.7 ± 1.4 (1.0 to 10.4)

4.9 ± 1.5 (1.0 to 7.6)

 < 0.001*

mSAD (°)

6.6 ± 0.9 (4.1 to 8.8)

6.6 ± 0.8 (4.1 to 8.8)

0.440

dSAD (°)

5.2 ± 1.4 (2.0 to 10.5)

6.3 ± 1.5 (3.5 to 11.3)

 < 0.001*

PB (mSAD–pSAD, °)

0.9 ± 1.5 (− 3.7 to 6.5)

2.0 ± 1.6 (− 1.7 to 7.7)

 < 0.001*

DB (dSAD–mSAD, °)

 − 1.4 ± 1.4 (− 5.0 to 3.9)

 − 0.1 ± 1.7 (− 4.0 to 5.3)

 < 0.001*

GB (dSAD–pSAD, °)

 − 0.5 ± 2.4 (− 6.7 to 9.5)

1.5 ± 2.8 (− 3.5 to 9.8)

 < 0.001*

mLDFA (°)

88.7 ± 2.3 (82.5 to 96.3)

90.9 ± 2.1 (85.9 to 98.0)

 < 0.001*

Femur length (mm)

409.9 ± 23.6 (342.0 to 481.5)

411.6 ± 23.0 (360.0 to 469.8)

0.528

Isthmic distance (mm)

232.8 ± 20.6 (164.0 to 297.0)

230.4 ± 25.7 (121.1 to 287.5)

0.265

Isthmic location (%)

59.8 ± 5.4 (40.2 to 74.0)

58.0 ± 5.0 (41.9 to 70.2)

0.200

Isthmic diameter (mm)

11.8 ± 2.0 (7.0 to 10.7)

11.9 ± 2.1 (7.3 to 16.8)

0.614

  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