Table 3

Comparison of first five principal component scores between eburnated and non-eburnated femora: eburnation group split by location of eburnation

Component% of total varianceNon-eburnated (n=52) mean (SD)Tibiofemoral eburnation (n=3) mean (SD)Patellofemoral eburnation (n=13) mean (SD)t valuep value
1st21−0.0019  (0.036)0.0067  (0.026)0.0063  (0.032)−0.750.457
2nd18−0.0062 (0.031)0.0384 (0.035)0.0160 (0.027)−2.350.022
3rd120.0020 (0.023)−0.0243 (0.038)−0.0023 (0.037)0.5163-150 0.6083-150
4th90.0015 (0.023)−0.0188 (0.022)−0.0016 (0.023)0.4260.671
5th8−0.0014 (0.021)−0.0090 (0.034)0.0079 (0.019)−1.440.155
  • 3-150 Resulting from an unpooled t test. Resulting from a comparison of non-eburnated femora with patellofemoral eburnated femora. Including one femur with tibiofemoral and patellofemoral eburnation.