Table 4.
Radiographic measurement | Number* | PACS | Hard-copy radiographs | ||||
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Correlation | Lower 95% confidence limit | Upper 95% confidence limit | Correlation | Lower 95% confidence limit | Upper 95% confidence limit | ||
Right LDFA | 80 | 0.789 | 0.652 | 0.925 | 0.918 | 0.829 | 1.000 |
Left LDFA | 80 | 0.930 | 0.848 | 1.000 | 0.945 | 0.872 | 1.000 |
Right MPTA | 80 | 0.665 | 0.499 | 0.831 | 0.697 | 0.537 | 0.856 |
Left MPTA | 80 | 0.931 | 0.850 | 1.000 | 0.943 | 0.870 | 1.000 |
LLD | 78 | 0.984 | 0.945 | 1.000 | 0.963 | 0.902 | 1.000 |
Right femur | 80 | 0.801 | 0.668 | 0.934 | 0.987 | 0.951 | 1.000 |
Left femur | 80 | 0.886 | 0.783 | 0.989 | 0.978 | 0.931 | 1.000 |
Right tibia | 78 | 0.896 | 0.796 | 0.996 | 0.998 | 0.986 | 1.000 |
Left tibia | 80 | 0.893 | 0.794 | 0.993 | 0.932 | 0.852 | 1.000 |
Delta tibia | 78 | 0.915 | 0.824 | 1.000 | 0.941 | 0.865 | 1.000 |
Delta femur | 80 | 0.925 | 0.804 | 0.677 | 0.959 | 0.885 | 1.000 |
LDFA = lateral distal femoral angle; MPTA = medial proximal tibial angle; LLD = limb length discrepancy; * the number of pairs analyzed for that particular analysis (radiographic measurement).