Table 3.

Neck-shaft angle in other studies

Author, year	Method	Population	Age (range)	n	Mean (SD)
Alonso et al. 2000	DXA	Spain	70	235 M	126.3 (4.4)
			70	310 F	124.6 (4.2)
Doherty et al. 2008	AP radiograph	England	64	1,103	R 128.3 (7.1)
					L 128.3 (7.1)
Kaptoge et al. 2008	DXA	US	74	6,839 F	127.2 (6.0)
Elbuken et al., 2012	DXA	Turkey	(20–108)	18,943	M 129.6
					F 129.1
Bagaria et al. 2012	AP radiograph	India	(20–80)	141 M	127.7 (3.9)
				70 F	126.6 (4.8)
Gilligan et al. 2013	Femora	–	–	8,271	126.4 (5.6)
Mitra et al. 2014	AP radiograph	Iran	35 (24–42)	100 M	R 127.5 (5.3)
					L 127.6 (5.6)
			44 (28–57)	100 F	R 125.4 (6.0)
					L 126.6 (6.3)
Boese et al. 2015	CT, coronal Reconstruction (femoral neck plane)	Germany	53 (18–89)	200 M	129.6 (5.9)
			54 (18–100)	200 F	131.9 (6.8)
					R 130.8 (6.7)
					L 130.8 (6.3)
Dimitriou et al. 2016	3D CT	US	47 (31–58)	61	R 126.7 (4.8)
					L 126.6 (4.5)
Present study	MRI coronal plane	Germany	53 (21–90)	1,587 M	126.5 (6.8)
			52 (21–88)	1,639 F	127.4 (6.6)

DXA = Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, M = male, F = female, R = right hip, L = left hip