Table 3.

Patient Characteristics and Preoperative Radiographic Parameters ^a

Characteristic	Braced Group (n = 101)	Nonbraced Group (n = 92)	P
Sex			.418
Female	67 (66.3)	66 (71.7%)
Male	34 (33.6%)	26 (28.3%)
Age, y	33.2 ± 13.0	30.2 ± 11.5	.085
BMI	28.9 ± 6.0	28 ± 6.2	.501
Preoperative radiographic parameter
Alpha angle, deg	63.2 ± 12.7	62.0 ± 10.1	.211
LCEA, deg	32.9 ± 6.1	35.1 ± 8.5	.043

^aData are reported as mean ± SD or n (%). BMI, body mass index; LCEA, lateral center-edge angle.