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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anesth Analg. 2009 Aug;109(2):586–591. doi: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181a9db5d

Table 1.

Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) Scores: Absolute Values

Infusion: Extended Overnight P-Value
Time Mean (SD) [N] Mean (SD) [N]
0 (at surgery) 59.2 (18.6) [24] 57.1 (13.1) [23] N/A
1 Week 41.5 (13.8) [19] 37.1 (15.5) [22] 0.35
1 Month 24.1 (14.7) [13] 20.1 (2.6) [10] 0.36
2 Months 19.4 (17.4) [14] 15.1 (11.3) [15] 0.44
3 Months 12.2 (12.6) [11] 9.1 (7.5) [11] 0.49
6 Months 4.6 (3.9) [13] 8.9 (8.8) [14] 0.11
12 Months 4.8 (9.6) [17] 5.6 (7.8) [16] 0.79
AUC 10.8 (9.4) [17] 11.6 (7.8) [17] 0.80

N/A: Not applicable

AUC: Area Under the Curve