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. 2024 Apr 18;35(5):1051–1060. doi: 10.1007/s00192-024-05774-8

Table 3.

Results of the measurements concerning the sex

Category Sex Median LQ UQ Minimum Maximum Mean SD p value
ObA diameter at its origin (mm) Women 3.23 2.89 3.56 2.01 4.43 3.24 0.52 0.00
Men 3.68 3.15 4.30 2.21 4.87 3.69 0.70
ObA dross-sectional area at its origin (mm2) Women 5.67 5.13 6.75 4.00 8.94 5.96 1.10 0.00
Men 6.95 6.25 7.60 3.68 8.84 6.81 1.12
ObA angle at its origin (°) Women 136.60 125.49 145.31 100.84 155.20 134.21 14.62 0.45
Men 133.39 119.83 143.76 103.56 157.34 132.35 13.95
Aberrant ObA diameter at its origin (mm) Women 2.98 2.72 3.17 1.86 3.98 2.93 0.51 0.35
Men 3.13 2.82 3.48 2.39 3.84 3.14 0.46
Aberrant ObA cross-sectional area at its origin (mm2) Women 4.61 3.84 5.84 2.15 7.91 4.90 1.56 0.22
Men 5.21 4.61 6.61 3.14 8.34 5.68 1.63
Diameter of the ATIIA/PTIIA near the origin of the ObA (mm) Women 6.24 5.69 6.50 4.77 7.69 6.17 0.73 0.00
Men 7.27 6.55 7.82 4.90 8.94 7.23 0.93
  ATIIA Women 6.00 5.62 6.39 4.77 7.60 6.01 0.61 0.00
Men 7.30 6.65 7.88 4.90 8.94 7.25 0.94
  PTIIA Women 6.36 5.77 7.29 5.00 7.69 6.48 0.84 0.04
Men 7.23 6.44 7.74 5.29 8.64 7.17 0.96
Cross-sectional area of the ATIIA/PTIIA near the origin of the ObA (mm2) Women 20.87 18.00 24.42 14.58 29.46 21.32 4.01 0.00
Men 28.15 23.94 31.74 13.43 38.65 27.92 5.71
  ATIIA Women 20.53 18.11 25.47 14.58 28.63 21.31 4.08 0.00
Men 28.77 24.62 32.90 13.43 38.65 28.52 5.89
  PTIIA Women 21.10 17.42 23.59 15.54 29.46 21.34 3.96 0.01
Men 25.69 22.36 29.33 20.04 36.69 26.13 4.90
Distance from the origin of the ATIIA/PTIIA to the origin of the ObA (mm) Women 16.89 13.64 21.02 3.44 35.45 17.31 6.20 0.02
Men 21.10 13.55 26.03 5.26 28.38 20.03 6.65
  ATIIA Women 17.32 14.44 22.11 7.40 28.37 17.84 5.73 0.07
Men 20.29 14.30 25.84 9.34 28.38 20.10 6.23
  PTIIA Women 14.88 13.22 18.01 3.44 35.45 16.26 7.06 0.20
Men 23.59 11.44 26.46 5.26 28.10 19.82 8.10
Distance from the ObA to the MRA (mm) Women 35.50 29.99 41.19 18.49 50.42 35.26 8.05 0.11
Men 31.04 26.86 39.41 20.42 49.30 32.92 7.49
Distance from the ObA to the IGA (mm) Women 44.62 38.62 50.65 25.17 60.72 44.94 8.15 0.62
Men 45.00 37.41 50.01 30.23 56.37 43.91 7.38
Distance from the ObA to the IPA (mm) Women 18.10 13.15 31.38 5.87 84.78 23.84 15.76 0.00
Men 13.30 7.08 19.14 3.23 40.42 14.96 9.81
Distance from the origin of the ObA to the origin of the pubic branch (mm) Women 108.52 100.69 116.09 95.34 118.20 107.89 8.89 0.17
Men 97.40 90.36 106.29 90.15 108.34 98.32 9.35
Diameter of the pubic branch at its origin (mm) Women 2.45 2.20 2.55 2.00 2.72 2.40 0.26 0.07
Men 2.06 1.95 2.15 1.89 2.18 2.05 0.13
Cross-sectional area of the pubic branch at its origin (mm2) Women 3.12 2.44 3.90 2.23 4.77 3.27 1.03 0.04
Men 2.22 2.12 2.33 2.11 2.34 2.22 0.12
Distance from the origin of the ObA to the origin of the anterior branch (mm) Women 104.08 98.83 111.06 82.46 118.65 103.87 9.65 0.00
Men 95.20 90.47 99.36 83.28 107.04 95.52 6.14
Diameter of the anterior branch at its origin (mm) Women 2.16 2.12 2.31 2.00 2.67 2.22 0.16 0.00
Men 2.70 2.51 2.93 2.05 3.42 2.74 0.29
Cross-sectional area of the anterior branch at its origin (mm2) Women 2.64 2.44 2.78 2.22 3.12 2.63 0.24 0.00
Men 2.88 2.73 3.01 1.12 3.51 2.84 0.37
Distance from the origin of the ObA to the origin of the posterior branch (mm) Women 104.08 98.83 112.43 82.46 118.65 104.08 9.85 0.00
Men 94.70 90.47 98.09 83.28 106.88 95.11 5.72
Diameter of the posterior branch at its origin (mm) Women 2.20 2.01 2.33 1.70 2.75 2.17 0.23 0.83
Men 2.18 1.98 2.32 1.78 2.51 2.16 0.21
Cross-sectional area of the posterior branch at its origin (mm2) Women 2.45 2.35 2.68 2.00 3.13 2.50 0.28 0.57
Men 2.42 2.22 2.63 2.00 3.53 2.47 0.33

LQ lower quartile, HQ higher quartile, SD standard deviation, ObA obturator artery, ATIIA anterior trunk of the internal iliac artery, PTIIA posterior trunk of the internal iliac artery, MRA middle rectal artery, UA uterine artery, IGA inferior gluteal artery, IPA internal pudendal artery

p values were established using the Mann–Whitney U test

p values greater than 0.05 were considered statistically significant