Classification | Variable name | Variable description | Unit | Outcome | P-Value | |
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No fracture | Fracture | |||||
(Mean ± St. Dev.) | (Mean ± St. Dev.) | |||||
Plate Characteristics | TCR | Tibial coverage ratio | N/A (ratio) | 0.748 ± 0.047 | 0.682 ± 0.039 |  < 0.001 |
Proximodistal Positioning | PrT-Pl | Distance from proximal tibia to proximal extent of plate | mm | 26.30 ± 9.89 | 35.51 ± 7.74 | 0.201 |
Pl-DT | Distance from plate to distal tibia | mm | 30.89 ± 5.69 | 32.66 ± 7.86 | 0.535 | |
S4-D | Distance from fourth screw to defect | mm | 28.64 ± 8.91 | 18.69 ± 5.69 | 0.219 | |
D-S5 | Distance from defect to fifth screw | mm | 28.53 ± 7.67 | 21.39 ± 8.34 | 0.008 | |
Craniocaudal Positioning | Pr-AP | CrCd plate position at proximal tibia | N/A (ratio) | 0.667 ± 0.085 | 0.659 ± 0.047 | 0.228 |
D-AP | CrCd plate position at distal tibia | N/A (ratio) | 0.436 ± 0.079 | 0.399 ± 0.067 | 0.32 | |
Mid-AP | CrCd plate position at mid-tibia | N/A (ratio) | 0.552 ± 0.056 | 0.529 ± 0.041 | N/A | |
AP-Angle | Angle of plate position relative to tibial transverse axis | Degrees | 84.63 ± 1.44 | 84.15 ± 1.37 | 0.221 | |
PrD-Diff | Change in relative plate position between proximal and distal tibia | N/A | 0.231 ± 0.120 | 0.260 ± 0.082 | N/A | |
Mediolateral Positioning | ML-Diff | Change in relative plate position between medial (cis) and lateral (trans) cortices | N/A | 0.052 ± 0.048 | 0.052 ± 0.048 | 0.825 |