Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 2 Comparison of the PCA, LFCA, and LFCA grouped by BMI between or within the two groups

From: Comparison of the Miniaci and Dugdale techniques on functional outcomes in medial open wedge high tibial osteotomy

		Group 1		Group 2		P
		mean ± sd, °	95% CI	mean ± sd, °	95% CI	P
PCA^a		10,9 ± 1,5	10,3–11,4	9,8 ± 1,5	9,3–10,3	0,721
LFCA^a		1,4 ± 1,1	1,0–1,8	1,3 ± 1,2	0,8–1,5	0,824
P		0,000*		0,000*
LFCA^b	BMI < 28 kg/m²	1,6 ± 1,1	1,1–2,1	1,3 ± 1,2	0,8–1,8	0,290
LFCA^b	BMI ≥ 28 kg/m²	0,8 ± 0,9	0,1–1,6	1,7 ± 0,9	1,0–2,3	0,088
P		0,097		0,279

PCA Preoperative correction angle, LFCA Last follow-up correction angle, CI Confidence Interval, ° degree
*Significance
^aMann Whitney U test, Wilcoxon test
^bMann Whitney U test

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