Table 1.
Comparisons of radiographic measurements between different ages
Radiographic measurements | < 10 yrs (28 feet) | 10 to 13.9 yrs (29 feet) | ≥ 14 yrs (22 feet) | p-values | ||||||
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Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | < 10 yrs and 10 to 13.9 yrs | < 10 yrs and ≥ 14 yrs | 10 to 13.9 yrs and ≥ 14 yrs | ||
Anteroposterior view radiographs | ||||||||||
HIA (°) | 15.7 | 5.6 | 17.9 | 7.2 | 15.3 | 5.2 | 0.207 | 0.186 | 0.150 | |
HVA (°) | 12.3 | 6.9 | 19.3 | 14.2 | 24.9 | 17.3 | 0.022 | 0.003 | 0.226 | |
DMAA (°) | 10.3 | 5.4 | 16.7 | 9.6 | 20.4 | 10.7 | 0.003 | 0.0003 | 0.211 | |
IMA (°) | 14.1 | 4.6 | 15.5 | 7.1 | 15.7 | 4.9 | 0.388 | 0.238 | 0.885 | |
RL (mm) | 2.4 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 0.005 | 0.0002 | 0.162 | |
MAA (°) | 15.9 | 4.8 | 15.7 | 6.8 | 13.0 | 5.2 | 0.891 | 0.037 | 0.117 | |
Lateral view radiographs | ||||||||||
TMA (°) | 8.7 | 8.1 | 14.1 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 14.7 | 0.069 | 0.163 | 0.922 | |
THA (°) | 28.1 | 6.5 | 32.4 | 8.6 | 32.0 | 11.1 | 0.047 | 0.152 | 0.911 | |
TCAA (°) | 43.0 | 5.0 | 48.8 | 7.8 | 49.4 | 10.8 | 0.002 | 0.017 | 0.830. | |
TCPA (°) | 52.6 | 5.0 | 56.3 | 8.9 | 54.3 | 9.3 | 0.066 | 0.439 | 0.455 | |
CP (°) | 14.9 | 7.1 | 16.4 | 8.3 | 17.4 | 7.3 | 0.476 | 0.249 | 0.681 | |
BMI percentile | 73.3 | 26.3 | 72.5 | 24.6 | 80.8 | 18.0 | 0.998 | 0.187 | 0.681 |
BMI, body mass index; CP, calcaneal pitch angle; DMAA, distal metatarsal articular angle; HIA, hallux interphalangeal angle; HVA, hallux valgus angle; IMA, first and second intermetatarsal angle; MAA, metatarsus adductus angle; RL, first and second intermetatarsal relative length; TCAA, talocalcaneal axial angle; TCPA, talocalcaneal (pitch) angle; THA, talo-horizontal angle; TMA, talo-first metatarsal angle