Table 3 Means and Standard Deviations for Syndesmotic Distances Measured in Millimeters, and Mean Difference in Distances from Control to Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity Patients with P Values and 95% Confidence Intervals for Comparisons.

From: Distance mapping and volumetric assessment of the ankle and syndesmotic joints in progressive collapsing foot deformity

 

Control (mm)

PCFD (mm)

Mean difference (%)

P value

95% CI

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Syndesmosis

 1 cm

4.78

0.55

3.96

0.63

− 17.1

0.002

0.27

1.04

 3 cm

5.77

0.68

5.00

0.84

− 13.3

0.058

− 0.02

1.00

 5 cm

8.20

1.01

6.94

0.96

− 15.4

0.037

0.05

1.50

 10 cm

13.43

2.05

10.87

1.39

− 19.1

0.013

0.36

2.85

Anterior incisura

 1 cm

4.35

0.75

3.67

0.74

− 15.7

0.009

0.18

1.18

 3 cm

4.99

0.81

4.46

0.88

− 10.8

0.061

− 0.03

1.10

 5 cm

6.91

1.48

6.01

1.00

− 13.0

0.057

0.04

1.75

 10 cm

11.52

2.49

9.72

1.43

− 15.6

0.017

0.41

3.19

Posterior incisura

 1 cm

5.05

0.80

4.36

0.72

− 13.7

0.010

0.18

1.20

 3 cm

6.19

0.96

5.70

0.94

− 7.8

0.132

− 0.15

1.12

 5 cm

8.73

1.52

8.03

1.12

− 8.1

0.122

− 0.20

1.61

 10 cm

13.60

2.40

12.14

1.69

 − 10.7

0.043

0.05

2.86

  1. Bolded rows denote significant changes within the region.
  2. PCFD progressive collapsing foot deformity, MD mean difference, SD standard deviation, cm centimeter, mm millimeter, CI confidence interval.
  3. *Statistically significant (p < .05).