Research Article

Gender Variation in the Shape of Superior Talar Dome: A Cadaver Measurement Based on Chinese Population

Table 4

Gender variations in TL/TW, DAW/DMW, DAW/DPW, DMW/DPW, DL/DAW, DL/DMW, and DL/DPW.

VariableGenderp value
MaleFemale

TL/TW1.227±0.0461.248±0.0420.124
DAW/DMW1.088±0.0251.101±0.0270.079
DAW/DPW1.247±0.0521.427±0.082<0.0001
DMW/DPW1.146±0.0431.297±0.071<0.0001
DL/DAW1.073±0.0351.093±0.0390.025
DL/DMW1.167±0.0431.203±0.0450.005
DL/DPW1.338±0.0701.560±0.105<0.0001

Values represent means ± SD; TW: width of the talar; TL: length of the talar; DAW: anterior width of the superior talar dome surface; DMW: middle width of the superior talar dome surface; DPW: posterior width of the superior talar dome surface; DL: length of the superior talar dome surface.