Table 1.

Univariate analysis of various factors affecting tibia callus subsidence

Variables	No. of segments	Subsidence mean ± SD	p value
Gender
Male	40	1.18 ± 0.83	0.23
Female	41	1.2 ± 0.74
Skeletal maturity
Immature	58	1.25 ± 0.79	0.21
mature	23	1.01 ± 0.73
Cortical callus types
Type 1	45	1.22 ± 0.82	0.62
Type 2	36	1.14 ± 0.73
Callus diameter ratio
≥1	29	1.12 ± 0.72	0.55
<1	52	1.22 ± 0.81
BMD ratio
≥0.85	16	0.81 ± 0.4	0.01
<0.85	20	1.26 ± 0.65

All p vales are for the unpaired t test