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Table 2 Comparison of variables between patients with and without lower extremity deformity

From: Lower extremity deformity and its risk factors in patients with solitary osteochondromas

 

With deformity (N = 8)

Without deformity (N = 75)

P-value

Sex (male / female)

5 / 3

48 / 27

0.999

Age (years)

12.4 ± 1.8

12.1 ± 2.8

0.853

Laterality (right / left)

4 / 4

33 / 42

0.999

Bone (distal femur / proximal tibia)

4 / 4

36 / 39

0.999

Direction (medial / lateral)

5 / 3

62 / 13

0.178

Type (pedunculated / sessile)

0 / 8

44 / 31

0.002

Distance from physis (mm)

14.6 ± 7.5

11.8 ± 15.3

0.165

mLDFA difference

3.2 ± 4.2

-0.8 ± 1.2

0.073

MPTA difference

4.2 ± 3.5

0.0 ± 0.9

0.192

LLD (mm)

12.6 ± 3.4

0.6 ± 3.5

0.002

  1. mLDFA, mechanical lateral distal femoral angle; MPTA, medial proximal tibial angle; LLD, leg length discrepancy