Table 3.

Results of ANCOVA tests analyzing differences in entheseal scores by year of birth with age, sex, stature, BMI, and tibial robusticity as covariates

				ANCOVA
Enthesis	Score	Sample	Mean	F-value	P-value
Calcaneal tendon	Bone formation	Total	1.704	0.083	0.775
		Male	1.512	0.757	0.424
		Female	2.000	0.042	0.840
	Total combined	Total	2.014	0.002	0.969
		Male	1.767	1.589	0.263
		Female	2.393	0.201	0.658
Peroneus longus m. tendon	Bone formation	Total	0.437	0.016	0.900
		Male	0.349	4.058	0.100
		Female	0.571	5.286	0.031
	Total combined	Total	0.676	0.001	0.973
		Male	0.535	2.305	0.189
		Female	0.893	1.377	0.253
Tibialis anterior m. tendon	Bone formation	Total	0.310	0.570	0.456
		Male	0.302	0.150	0.714
		Female	0.321	0.550	0.466
	Total combined	Total	0.451	0.246	0.624
		Male	0.349	0.174	0.694
		Female	0.607	0.164	0.689
Peroneus brevis m. tendon	Bone formation	Total	0.803	8.402	0.007
		Male	0.581	6.867	0.047
		Female	1.143	5.091	0.034
	Total combined	Total	0.803	8.402	0.007
		Male	0.581	6.867	0.047
		Female	1.143	5.091	0.034

Statistically significant P < 0.05 in bold.