Morphometric Evaluation of Korean Femurs by Geometric Computation: Comparisons of the Sex and the Population

Table 5

Comparison of parameters of the distal femur and medullary canal among populations.

Measurement		Population	Female	Male	Combined
Group	Abbreviation
Distal	DLC (mm)	Korean (this study)	58.39	64.63	60.11
		German [36]	63.1	69.3
	WLC (mm)	Japanese [40]			24.8
		Taiwanese [38]			25.3
		Korean (this study)	24.05	27.96	25.76
		German [36]	26.0	30.6
	DMC (mm)	Korean (this study)	55.25	61.22	57.85
		German [36]	62.3	69.3
	WMC (mm)	Korean (this study)	23.46	25.78	24.47
		Taiwanese [38]			26.7
		Japanese [40]			30.1
		German [36]	28.4	32.3
	DIN (mm)	Korean (this study)	27.16	30.50	28.61
		German [36]	30.3	32.5
	WIN (mm)	Taiwanese [38]			18.2
		German [36]	19.0	19.3
		Korean (this study)	18.97	21.66	20.14
Medullary canal	MLWI (mm)	Korean (this study)	9.59	9.6	9.6
		Turkish [11]			10.7
		American (Texas, USA) [23]			12.3
	APWI (mm)	Korean (this study)	10.97	11.51	11.24
		Turkish [11]			13.7
		American (Texas, USA) [23]			16.9

Specific population not mentioned; samples were considered to be from the country of the authors’ institute.
DLC: depth of lateral condyle, WLC: width of lateral condyle, DMC: depth of medial condyle, WMC: width of medial condyle, DIN: depth of intercondylar notch, WIN: width of intercondylar notch, MLWI: mediolateral width at isthmus, and APWI: anteroposterior width at isthmus.