TABLE 8.

Correlation between each variable and age for tibia and fibula

Tibia	Rho a	r 2 b
Maximum tibial length	0.93***	0.82***
Tibial sagittal shaft diameter at nutrient foramen	0.89***	0.66*
Tibial transverse shaft diameter at nutrient foramen	0.89***	0.62*
Tibial sagittal midshaft diameter	0.9***	0.69*
Tibial transverse midshaft diameter	0.9***	0.69*
Minimum shaft circumference	0.88***	0.64*
Tibial midshaft shape index	−0.05	−0.15
Fibula
Maximum fibular length	0.86***	0.71**
Fibular maximum diameter at midshaft	0.85***	0.59**
Fibular minimum diameter at midshaft	0.85***	0.59**
Circumference at midshaft	0.62***	0.38
Sagittal diameter at neck	0.75***	0.39
Transverse diameter at neck	0.75***	0.37
Maximum diameter at neck	0.76***	0.44
Minimum diameter at neck	0.75***	0.33
Circumference at neck	0.67*	0.3
Fibular neck shape index	−0.23	−0.01
Sagittal diameter at midshaft	0.77*	0.49*
Transverse diameter at midshaft	0.75***	0.5*
Fibular midshaft shape index	−0.22	0
Distance from neck to STS	0.75***	0.63*
Distance from neck to ILA	0.77***	0.62*
ILA length	0.63**	0.26
STS length	0.76***	0.45
Distance from STS to ILA	0.66**	0.41
STS–ILA index	0.18	0
STS index	0.16	0
ILA index	−0.18	0.11

Abbreviations: ILA, interosseous ligament attachment; STS, subcutaneous triangular surface.

^a p < 0.05 (*), p < 0.01 (**), and p < 0.001 (***), Spearman's rank correlation.

^b p < 0.05 (*), p < 0.01 (**), and p < 0.001 (***), Linear model goodness‐of‐fit.