Table 1.
Sociodemographic, body mass index and self-rated health characteristics of total hip replacement study sample*
| Characteristic | Mean |
|---|---|
| Age, mean ± SD (range) years | 76.7 ± 5.6 (67.6–96.7) |
| Percentage | |
| Sex | |
| Female | 62.2 |
| Male | 37.8 |
| Household Income | |
| low | 36.0 |
| middle | 33.2 |
| high | 10.2 |
| missing | 20.6 |
| Education | |
| <high school | 19.8 |
| high school | 36.5 |
| some college | 23.3 |
| 4-yr college | 20.3 |
| Body Mass Index | |
| underweight(bmi<18.5) | 1.5 |
| normal (18.5≤bmi≤24.9) | 29.9 |
| overweight (25≤bmi≤29.9) | 42.5 |
| obese (bmi≥30) | 24.5 |
| Self-rated health | |
| Excellent | 9.0 |
| Very Good | 31.7 |
| Good | 39.6 |
| Fair | 16.8 |
| Poor | 3.9 |
*
N ranges from 924 to 958 for individual characteristic responses.