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Table 1 Anatomic parameters of the PCL tibial attachment compared between males and femalesa

From: MRI analysis of tibial PCL attachment in a large population of adult patients: reference data for anatomic PCL reconstruction

Variable

Mean ± Standard Deviation

P

Total

Male

Female

APD, mm

33.6 ± 3.5

35.5 ± 3.0

31.6 ± 2.7

.000

α, °

122.4 ± 8.1

122.6 ± 7.9

122.2 ± 8.3

.462

PTS, mm

22.3 ± 3.5

23.6 ± 3.5

20.9 ± 2.8

.000

L1, mm

13.4 ± 3.0

14.2 ± 3.1

12.5 ± 2.6

.000

L2, mm

17.8 ± 3.0

18.9 ± 3.1

16.7 ± 2.5

.000

L3, mm

9.6 ± 2.4

10.1 ± 2.5

9.1 ± 2.1

.000

L1/PTS, %

60.0 ± 9.1

60.2 ± 9.5

59.8 ± 8.8

.513

L2/PTS, %

80.0 ± 4.6

80.1 ± 4.7

79.9 ± 4.4

.513

L3/PTS, %

43.3 ± 9.7

43.0 ± 9.9

43.6 ± 9.4

.383

L4, mm

15.0 ± 3.3

15.9 ± 3.4

14.1 ± 2.8

.000

  1. aAPD anterior-posterior diameter, α the angle between the tibial plateau and the posterior tibial ‘shelf’, PTS posterior tibial ‘shelf’, L1 distance from the proximal position of the tibial PCL attachment to the tibial plateau, L2 distance from the central position of the tibial PCL attachment to the tibial plateau, L3 width of the tibial PCL attachment site, L4 the vertical dimension of the PCL attachment site from the center of the PCL attachment perpendicularly to a line along the tibial plateau