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. 2008 Sep 18;466(11):2612–2616. doi: 10.1007/s11999-008-0430-1

Table 2.

Preoperative, latest, and change in WOMAC scores, number of cases, mean values, standard deviations, and significance grouped by gender

WOMAC Gender N Mean ± SD p Value
Preoperative
Pain Female 1537 44.08 ± 17.73 < 0.0001
Male 1074 48.34 ± 17.51
Joint stiffness Female 1543 38.75 ± 19.16 < 0.0001
Male 1076 43.91 ± 20.21
Function Female 1533 42.51 ± 17.32 < 0.0001
Male 1073 47.71 ± 17.19
Total Female 1532 42.38 ± 15.86 < 0.0001
Male 1072 47.2 ± 16
Latest
Pain Female 2211 73.06 ± 23.56 0.008
Male 1535 75.08 ± 22.65
Joint stiffness Female 2245 65.03 ± 23.79 0.001
Male 1541 67.71 ± 23.47
Function Female 2193 67.9 ± 22.5 0.001
Male 1525 70.35 ± 22.26
Total Female 2187 69.57 ± 21.51 0.001
Male 1522 71.85 ± 21.04
Change
Pain Female 1500 29.87 ± 24.69 0.008
Male 1064 27.3 ± 23.56
Joint stiffness Female 1522 26.78 ± 26.79 0.019
Male 1069 24.26 ± 27.1
Function Female 1488 27.21 ± 22.96 < 0.0001
Male 1057 23.09 ± 22.66
Total Female 1485 28.35 ± 22.26 < 0.0001
Male 1055 25.09 ± 21.8