| Simulation results of proximal tibia for young normal people | Simulation results of proximal tibia for old people with 6° valgus deformity | Measurement results of young people obtained by Hudson et al.[47]] | Measurement results of old people with valgus deformity >4° obtained by Hulet et al. [[12]] |
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The average BMD of ROI1 (g/cm3) | 1.23 | 0.89 | Â | Â |
The average BMD of ROI2 (g/cm3) | 1.03 | 1.10 | Â | Â |
The average BMD of ROI3 (g/cm3) | 1.246 | 0.908 |  | 0.827 ± 0.198 |
The average BMD of ROI4 (g/cm3) | 0.871 | 1.033 |  | 0.939 ± 0.229 |
The average BMD of the whole (g/cm3) | 1.343 | 1.185 | Â | Â |
ROI1/ROI2 | 1.19 | 0.81 | 1.20 ± 0.10 |  |
ROI3/ROI4 | 1.431 | 0.879 | Â | 0.878-0.886 |