Table 3.
Complete recovery | Incomplete recovery | p-value | PG group | Control group | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of patients | 73 | 29 | 32 | 41 | ||
No. of males | 14 (19%) | 10 (34%) | 0.1 | 6 (19%) | 8 (20%) | 1 |
Age, mean (SD) | 77 (4.8) | 77 (4.8) | 0.9 | 76 (4.1) | 78 (5.2) | 0.1 |
Length in cm, mean (SD) | 167 (7.6) | 169 (10.7) | 0.3 | 166 (6.5) | 168 (8.3) | 0.4 |
Weight in kg, mean (SD) | 80 (14) | 81 (15) | 0.8 | 81 (17) | 80 (12) | 0.6 |
Platelet count in 109/L, mean (SD) | 269 (66) | 249 (58) | 0.2 | 261 (68) | 275 (64) | 0.4 |
Hb in mmol/L, mean (SD) | 8.6 (0.8) | 8.6 (0.9) | 0.9 | 8.6 (0.8) | 8.5 (0.7) | 0.3 |
Right side | 43 (59%) | 16 (57%) | 1 | 16 (50%) | 27 (66%) | 0.2 |
WOMAC score, median (range) | 45 (8–76) | 41 (11–76) | 0.4 | 50 (8–76) | 43 (14–74) | 0.6 |
Pain at rest, median (range) | 3 (1–5) | 3 (1–5) | 0.8 | 4 (1–5) | 3 (1–5) | 0.6 |
Pain during activity, median (range) | 4 (1–5) | 4 (2–5) | 0.9 | 4 (1–5) | 4 (1–5) | 0.3 |