Research Article

Proximal Femoral Morphology and the Relevance to Design of Anatomically Precontoured Plates: A Study of the Chinese Population

Table 2

Femoral measurements from AP view (degree; mm).

ParametersTotalMenWomenP value
(Mean ± SD)(Mean ± SD)(Mean ± SD)

Neck-shaft angle129.88 ± 5.76129.59 ± 5.81130.05 ± 5.640.646
Femoral head diameter45.40 ± 3.2148.04 ± 2.8742.21 ± 2.49<0.0001
Narrowest neck width33.91 ± 4.3835.71 ± 3.2731.2 ± 2.80<0.0001
Superior radius ()32.26 ± 3.0933.32 ± 2.3330.23 ± 3.67<0.0001
Inferior radius ()58.90 ± 5.159.41 ± 5.7457.81 ± 4.65<0.01