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. 2012 Jun 14;344:e3319. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3319

Table 7.

 Summary of baseline characteristics and follow-up information by procedure type in men aged under 55. Figures are numbers (percentage) unless stated otherwise

Birmingham hip resurfacing (n=3560) Uncemented (n=6193) Cemented (n=1730)
Baseline characteristics
Age (years):
 Mean (SD) 47.9 (5.5) 48.5 (6.1) 49.1 (5.9)
 Median 49.2 50.3 51.0
 Interquartile range 44.7-52.3 45.8-53.0 46.7-53.4
 Range 19.0-55.0 17.1-55.0 18.10-55.0
ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) grade:
 1 2077 (58.3) 2595 (41.9) 692 (40.0)
 2 1421 (39.9) 3225 (52.1) 925 (53.5)
 3 59 (1.7) 360 (5.8) 108 (6.2)
 4 2 (0.1) 12 (0.2) 4 (0.2)
 5 1 (0.03) 1 (0.02) 1 (0.1)
Procedure type:
 Primary 3511 (98.6) 6119 (98.8) 1525 (88.2)
 Complex primary 49 (1.4) 74 (1.2) 205 (11.9)
Both sides:
 No 3531 (99.2) 6143 (99.2) 1716 (99.2)
 Yes 29 (0.8) 50 (0.8) 14 (0.2)
Follow-up
Endpoint:
 Death 10 (0.3) 56 (0.9) 32 (1.9)
 Revision 60 (1.7) 107 (1.7) 28 (1.6)
 Unrevised 3490 (98.0) 6030 (97.4) 1670 (96.5)
Total length of follow-up, person years 11 637 15 886 5991