Table 5.

Influence of sex on outcomes

Arthroplasty type	Dependent measure	Domain	Women versus men
			Preoperative p value	Postoperative p value
TKA	QWB		0.05	0.21
	SF-36	Physical function	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
		Bodily pain	< 0.0001	0.002
		Social function	< 0.0001	0.20
		Physical component	< 0.0001	0.003
	WOMAC	Function	0.10	0.54
		Pain	0.001	0.76
		Stiffness	0.006	0.42
	Orthopaedic scores	HSS knee score	0.18	0.35
		KSKS	0.49	0.89
THA	QWB		< 0.0001	< 0.0001
	SF-36	Physical function	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
		Bodily pain	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
		Social function	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
		Physical component	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
	WOMAC	Function	< 0.0001	0.002
		Pain	< 0.0001	0.003
		Stiffness	0.001	0.049
	Orthopaedic scores	HHS	< 0.0001	0.30
		Merle d’Aubigné-Postel	< 0.0001	0.35

QWB = Quality of Well-Being; HSS = Hospital for Special Surgery; KSKS = Knee Society knee score; HHS = Harris hip score.