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. 2010 Sep 8;469(2):372–381. doi: 10.1007/s11999-010-1518-y

Table 2.

Patient characteristics with and without osteolysis

Variable Osteolysis p Value
Absent (n = 85) Present (n = 13)
Gender, male 45 (53%) 7 (54%) 0.95
Operative side, right 48 (56%) 8 (62%) 0.73
Lysis on CT 47 (55%) 1 (8%) 0.001
Age at surgery (years) 45.2 ± 7.6 42.0 ± 8.0 0.15
Body mass index (kg/m2) 28.6 ± 6.0 26.7 ± 5.1 0.29
Followup (years) 6.95 ± 1.6 8.64 ± 1.3 0.0006
UCLA preoperative 3.98 ± 1.8 3.92 ± 1.6 0.99
UCLA change 1.75 ± 2.2 2.17 ± 2.2 0.28
Harris Hip preoperative 50.4 ± 14 49.7 ± 14 0.88
Harris Hip change 33.6 ± 18 34.3 ± 21 0.95
Head penetration
 Value in mm 0.27 ± 0.73 1.40 ± 1.20 0.04*
 Value < 0 47 (57%) 1 (8%) 0.002
Head penetration rate (mm/year) 0.07 ± 0.08 0.17 ± 0.12 0.03*
Head size
 Value 27.5 ± 1.3 26.8 ± 1.0 0.01*
 Value ≤ 26 22 (26%) 8 (62%) 0.02*
Anteversion 16.8 ± 6.9 15.3 ± 7.6 0.49
Inclination 46.0 ± 7.6 46.8 ± 7.5 0.72

* p-Value calculated using Wilcoxon's test.