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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Relation between preoperative variables and the last follow-up Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC)

From: Autogenous structural bone graft reconstruction of ≥ 10-mm-deep uncontained medial proximal tibial defects in primary total knee arthroplasty

Preoperative variables

Last follow-up WOMAC

P-value*

Median (IQR)

Age

  

 < 70 years

28 (27–35)

0.186

 ≥ 70 years

35 (27.3–35)

 

Gender

  

 Male

30 (27–35)

0.621

 Female

31 (27–38)

 

BMI classification

  

 Overweight (25–29.9)

27.3 (27–33)

0.007

 Obesity class I (30–34.9)

31 (27–35)

 

 Obesity class II (35–39.9)

40 (37.5–40.2)

 

 Obesity class III (≥ 40)#

 

Side of arthroplasty

  

 Right

28 (27–35)

0.801

 Left

31 (27.2–35)

 

Preoperative aFTA

  

 10–25° varus

30 (27–35)

0.836

 > 25° varus

33 (27–35)

 

Preoperative flexion contracture

  

 ≤ 10°

33 (27.3–38)

0.120

 > 10°

28 (26–35)

 
  1. IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index, aFTA anatomical femorotibial angle
  2. * Statistically significant at P ≤ 0.05
  3. # Excluded from the comparison due to small number of cases (n = 1)