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Table 3 a: Basic gender-based bony morphologic differences between ACL injured and non-injured, b: Logistic regression association between MRI knee measurements and association of ACL injury; c:Measurements of medial and lateral posterior tibial slopes, medial plateau depth, notch width, bicondylar width, notch width index, femur condylar width, and notch entrance

From: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury: correlation with MRI morphometry

a

Parameters

ACL Injured (mean)

ACL Non-Injured (mean)

NW

  

M

18.09 mm (n = 175)

19.15 mm (n = 142)

F

15.28 mm (n = 75)

17.43 mm (n = 108)

NWI

  

M

0.25 (n = 175)

0.26 (n = 142)

F

0.24 (n = 75)

0.27 (n = 108)

MTPS

  

M

6.56 degrees (n = 175)

5.97 degrees (n =  142)

F

6.39 degrees (n = 75)

6.04 degrees (n = 108)

LTPS

  

M

6.11 degrees (n = 175)

4.9 degrees (n = 142)

F

5.88 degrees (n = 75)

5.10 degrees (n = 108)

MTPD

  

M

2.52 mm (n = 175)

2.76 mm (n = 142)

F

2.32 mm (n = 75)

2.74 mm (n = 108)

b

 

B

S.E

Wald

p Value

Odds ratio

95% C.I. for Odds ratio

Lower

Upper

Notch width

0.324

0.052

38.079

 < 0.001

1.383

1.247

1.532

Femur condylar width

−0.139

0.025

30.393

 < 0.001

0.870

0.828

0.914

MTPS

−0.286

0.068

17.930

 < 0.001

0.751

0.658

0.858

MTPD

0.878

0.164

28.565

 < 0.001

2.406

1.744

3.320

LTPS

−0.392

0.064

37.250

 < 0.001

0.676

0.596

0.766

Constant

2.877

1.381

4.337

0.037

17.754

  

c

 

Male (n = 317)

Female (n = 183)

p Value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Notch width

18.57

2.12

16.56

2.08

 < 0.001

Bicondylar width

71.16

3.69

62.67

4.13

 < 0.001

Notch width index

0.26

0.03

0.26

0.03

0.195

Femur condylar width

52.60

3.21

46.11

3.49

 < 0.001

Notch entrance

21.15

2.68

18.61

2.57

 < 0.001

MTPS

6.30

1.84

6.19

1.78

0.496

MTPD

2.63

0.70

2.57

0.73

0.365

LTPS

5.58

1.76

5.43

1.71

0.353