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Table 1 Factors affecting mean absolute joint line error for each segment

From: Accuracy of joint line restoration based on three-dimensional registration of the contralateral tibial tuberosity and the fibular tip

 

Counts (%) / mean ± SD

Tibia

β (95% CI; p-value)

Fibula

β (95% CI; p-value)

TT + Fibular tip

β (95% CI; p-value)

Gender

 • Male

34 (70.8%)a

0.23 (− 0.88-1.34; 0.68)

−0.25 (− 1.11-0.62; 0.57)

−0.11 (− 0.65-0.43; 0.69)

 • Female

12 (25%)a

Height (cm)

176.2 ± 8.6

−0.03 (− 0.08-0.03; 0.40)

0.03 (− 0.02-0.07; 0.21)

0.02 (− 0.01-0.04; 0.28)

Weight (kg)

83.1 ± 16.5

0.00 (− 0.01-0.01; 0.62)

0.00 (− 0.01-0.01; 0.58)

0.00 (− 0.01-0.01; 0.93)

Tibia length (mm)

2.1 ± 1.4b

0.65 (0.38-0.92; < 0.001)

0.34 (0.13-0.55; 0.003)

0.12 (−0.02-0.25; 0.08)

Fibula length (mm)

2.9 ± 2.1b

0.06 (− 0.12-0.24; 0.49)

0.07 (− 0.07-0.20; 0.34)

0.07 (.-0.02-0.15; 0.12)

Fibular tip to JL distance (mm)

1.6 ± 1.1b

0.14 (− 0.28-0.56; 0.50)

0.37 (0.04-0.69; 0.029)

0.16 (−0.04-0.36; 0.11)

  1. Significant p-values marked bold
  2. β Regression coefficient, TT Tibial tuberosity. JL: Joint line
  3. aTwo missing gender information
  4. bAbsolute side-to-side differences reported