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. 2013 Apr 18;84(2):170–177. doi: 10.3109/17453674.2013.788436

Table 1.

Demographic features of study cohort as mean (SD) or n (%), unless specified otherwise

Primary TKA Revision TKA
(n = 17,633) (n = 4,090)
Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
or n (%) or n (%)
Mean follow-up, years (SD) 6.3 (4.7) 5.1 (4.2)
Female 9,781 (55%) 2,084 (51%)
Bilateral 4,719 (27%) 804 (20%)
Mean age at surgery, years (SD) 68.4 (10.0) 67.9 (11.3)
Age category
 ≤ 60 years 3,352 (19%) 915 (22.4%)
 61–70 years 6,206 (35.2%) 1,286 (31.4%)
 71–80 years 6,493 (36.8%) 1,476 (36.1%)
 >80 years 1,582 (9%) 413 (10.1%)
Body mass index (BMI), kg/m2 (SD) 31.2 (6.2) 31.1 (6.5)
BMI category, kg/m2
 Missing 67 (0.4%) 36 (0.9%)
 Normal, < 25.0 2,362 (13.4%) 584 (14.4%)
 Overweight, 25–29.9 5,961 (33.9%) 1,363 (33.6%)
 Obese, 30–39.9 7,710 (43.9%) 1,731 (42.7%)
 Morbidly obese, ≥ 40.0 1,533 (8.7%) 376 (9.3%)
ASA class a
 1 291 (1.7%) 50 (1.2%)
 2 9,614 (54.7%) 1,869 (45.8%)
 3 7,544 (42.9%) 2,098 (51.4%)
 4 117 (0.7%) 61 (1.5%)
Mean Deyo-Charlson index (SD) 1.5 (2.2) 1.3 (2.1)
Deyo-Charlson index
 0 7,985 (45.3%) 2,086 (51%)
 1 3,598 (20.4%) 836 (20.4%)
 2 2,291 (13%) 470 (11.5%)
 3+ 3,759 (21.3%) 698 (17.1%)
Previous cardiac event
 No 14,404 (81.7%) 3,490 (85.3%)
 Yes 3,229 (18.3%) 600 (14.7%)
Previous thromboembolic event
 No 16,869 (95.7%) 3,873 (94.7%)
 Yes 764 (4.3%) 217 (5.3%)
Operative diagnosis (primary TKR)
 Osteoarthritis 16,372 (92.8%)
 Rheumatoid arthritis 657 (3.7%)
 Avascular necrosis 152 (0.8%)
 Other b 604 (3.4%)
Operative diagnosis (revision TKR)
 Failure: loose/wear/osteolysis 2,154 (52.7%)
 Failure: previous surgery with
 components removed 801 (19.6%)
 Failure: fracture, dislocation 877 (21.4%)
 Failure: non-union 27 (0.7%)
 Failure: infection 228 (5.6%)
Implant fixation Not applicable
 Uncemented 1,555 (8.8%)
 Cemented or hybrid* 16,078 (91.2%)

a American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score was missing in 67 (0.4%) of primary TKR patients and 12 (0.3%) of revision TKR patients

b Other diagnoses for primary TKA included: genu varum, genu valgum, hemophilia, Paget’s disease, failed previous disease including arthrodesis, failed previous osteotomy, failed previous patellectomy, Chacot arthropathy, chondromalacia, pigmented villonodular synovitis; data on operative diagnosis were missing for 3 patients with revision TKR.