Table 5.
Baseline Characteristics of Patients with <5° Varus and Patients with ≥5° Varus within the Cohort of 440 Patients.
| Leg Axis <5° (Group
A) |
Leg Axis ≥5° (Group B) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Standard Deviation | Mean | Standard Deviation | |||||||
| Degree varus, deg | 2.08 | 1.01 | 6.88 | 2.73 | ||||||
| Defect size, mm | 472.57 | 245.83 | 409.42 | 221.12 | ||||||
| Age, y | 39.26 | 11.66 | 43.36 | 11.23 | ||||||
| Symptom duration, mo | 35.78 | 55.66 | 22.55 | 38.95 | ||||||
| Previous surgeries, n | 1.31 | 1.11 | 0.90 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Previous surgeries on the cartilage, n | 0.48 | 0.80 | 0.36 | 0.60 | ||||||
| Gender | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||||||
| 85.8% | 14.2% | 71.6% | 28.4% | |||||||
| Defect stadium | NA | I | II | IIIa/IIIb | IVa/IVb | NA | I | II | IIIa/IIIb | IVa/IVb |
| 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 27.4% | 72.6% | 2.1% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 45.5% | 52,7% | |
| Corresponding joint surface | Intact | I°-II° | III-IV | Intact | I°-II° | III-IV | ||||
| 57.5% | 41.5% | 0.9% | 44.9% | 48.3% | 6.8% | |||||
| Smoking status | Smoker | Nonsmoker | Ex-smoker | Smoker | Nonsmoker | Ex-smoker | ||||
| 20.6% | 71.6% | 7.8% | 21.9% | 72.2% | 6.0% | |||||
| Meniscus status | Intact | <1/3 resected | >1/3 resected | Other | Intact | <1/3 resected | >1/3 resected | Other | ||
| 61.9% | 32.4% | 5.7% | 1.0% | 45.8% | 35.2% | 17.0% | 2.1% | |||
NA = not applicable.