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

Table 3

Femoral measurements from lateral view (mm; degree).

Parameters	Total	Men	Women	P value
	(Mean ± SD)	(Mean ± SD)	(Mean ± SD)
Section radius on ()	24.02 ± 2.31	28.01 ± 1.94	21.48 ± 2.06	<0.0001
Section radius on ()	18.44 ± 1.23	19.22 ± 1.32	17.88 ± 1.02	<0.05
Section radius on ()	33.91 ± 3.56	38.34 ± 2.36	31.06 ± 3.21	<0.0001
Section radius on ()	19.89 ± 1.41	22.50 ± 1.65	17.96 ± 1.07	<0.01
Section radius on ()	49.73 ± 2.14	51.03 ± 3.25	46.84 ± 4.33	<0.01
Section radius on ()	18.99 ± 1.22	20.14 ± 1.89	18.84 ± 1.37	<0.05
Medullary radius of curvature	930.13 ± 117.34	974.47 ± 98.36	897.46 ± 229.87	<0.0001
Sagittal NSA	170.66 ± 10.31	172.86 ± 8.36	169.57 ± 9.89	<0.01
Anteversion	21.58 ± 3.32	11.66 ± 1.55	29.03 ± 2.73	<0.0001

NSA: neck-shaft angle.