Table 3.

Acetabular anteversion measurements reported in the literature

Study	Year	Number of cases	Method	Anteversion (combined)	Anteversion (males)	Anteversion (females)
Reikeras et al. [27]	1983	47 CTs for various disorders “other than hip joint disease” (21 males, 26 females)	2-D axial CT measurement	17 ± 6°	16 ± 5°	18° ± 6°
Hoiseth et al. [11]	1989	40 (23 males, 17 females)	2-D axial CT measurement	19.4°	18.4°	20.7°
Maruyama et al. [21]	2001	200 specimens from an anthropologic collection (100 males, 100 females)	Manual measurements	19.9° ± 6.6°	18.5° ± 5.8°	21.3° ± 7.1°
Jamali et al. [13]	2006	43 specimens from an anthropologic collection	Manual measurements	20.1° ± 6.4°	NA	NA
Stem et al. [32]	2006	100 patients undergoing CT scanning for “nonorthopaedic pathology” (42 males, 58 females)	2-D axial CT measurement	23° ± 5°	22° ± 6°	25° ± 5° (age > 70 years) 23° ± 5° (age < 70 years)
Reynolds et al. [28]	1999	87 patients with hip pain, “normal radiographs per author’s evaluation”	2-D axial CT measurement	21° ± 20°	NA	NA
Murtha et al. [26]	2008	42 hips contralateral to THA	3-D CT-generated models	21.8° (calculated)	19.3° (8.5°–32.3°)	24.1° (14.0°–33.3°)
Bargar et al. [3]	2010	46 patients scheduled for THA (31 males, 15 females)	2-D axial CT measurement	15.1° ± 6.7°	NA	NA
Current study	2010	50 patients (25 males, 25 females)	3-D CT-generated models	21.3° ± 5.8°	18.9° ± 5.0°	23.6° ± 5.5°

Values are expressed as mean ± SD, with range in parentheses; 2-D = two-dimensional; 3-D = three-dimensional; NA = not available.