Table 1.

Preoperative patient characteristics for the early weight bearing (E) group and the standard weight bearing (S) group. Mean (SD)

	E	S	p-value
Age	49 (8)	53 (8)	0.1
Weight	81 (11)	86 (12)	0.3
Height	177 (8)	176 (11)	0.4
BMI	26 (3)	28 (3)	0.1
Varus angle pre-op	6.0° (2.8°)	5.0° (2.6)	0.3
Planned correction	8.9° (2.4°)	8.1° (3.1)	0.3
VAS pain	51 (25)	56 (22)	0.6
Lysholm	57 (16)	63 (16)	0.3