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Table 1 Demographic and radiological data

From: Short knee radiographs can be inadequate for estimating TKA alignment in knees with bowing

 

No bowing

Bowing

p value

(n = 107)

(n = 107)

Age (years)

70.01 ± 5.37

70.10 ± 5.81

0.968a

Sex

M 3

F 104

M 5

F 102

0.471b

Side

R 55

L 52

R 58

L 49

0.681b

FC (°)

5.66 ± 3.46

5.79 ± 3.71

0.697a

Bowing type

none

Femur only (n = 64)

Tibia only (n = 24)

Femur & Tibia (n = 19)

 

|FBA| (°)

1.08 ± 1.02

4.65 ± 2.33

< 0.001a

Femoral bowing direction

none

M 14@L 69

 

|TBA| (°)

0.77 ± 0.78

1.91 ± 1.60

< 0.001a

Tibial bowing direction

none

M 25@L 18

 

aFTA (°)

3.91 ± 2.08

5.11 ± 2.58

< 0.001a

mHKA (°)

−0.83 ± 1.84

−1.04 ± 2.27

0.379a

aFTA-mHKA difference (°)

4.74 ± 1.87

6.14 ± 2.49

< 0.001a

  1. FC Flexion contracture, |FBA| absolute value of femoral bowing angle, |TBA| absolute value of tibial bowing angle, M medial, L lateral, aFTA anatomical femorotibial angle, mHKA mechanical hip–knee–ankle axis angle
  2. aMann–Whitney U test
  3. bFisher’s exact test