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. 2013 Nov 27;3(11):e003614. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003614

Table 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics—all participants undergoing total hip or knee replacement

Total hip replacement (N=63 162)
Total knee replacement (N=54 276)
Female (N=39 292) Male (N=23 870) Female (N=31 682) Male (N=22 594)
Age (mean, SD) 70.5 (11.1) 67.7 (11.0) 70.7 (9.6) 69.4 (9.4)
Gender (%) 62.2 37.8 58.3 41.6
BMI (mean, SD) 27.2 (5.1) 27.7 (4.3) 29.6 (5.6) 28.8 (4.4)
Missing BMI (%) 19.1 19.3 13.8 14.0
Revisions (N, %) 1000 (2.55) 811 (3.40) 572 (1.8) 614 (2.7)
Deaths prerevision (N, %) 6615 (16.8) 4201 (17.6) 4110 (13.0) 3349 (14.8)
Number of comorbid conditions (%)
 0 42.8 48.1 37.5 43.7
 1 34.2 31.0 37.4 35.8
 2+ 23.0 20.9 25.2 20.6

BMI, body mass index.