Table 2.
Demographic Data
|
Variable |
Overall statistical significance |
Control group |
Study group |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
(n = 21) |
OA left knee |
OA right knee |
OA left hip |
OA right hip |
| (n = 15) | (n = 18) | (n = 20) | (n = 19) | |||
| Age* [yr] |
p = 0.368 n.s. |
68 (50-84) |
74 (55-86) |
68 (36-76) |
68 (43-78) |
69 (49-79) |
| Female [n] |
p = 0.894 n.s. |
10 |
9 |
11 |
12 |
10 |
| Male [n] |
11 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
| Body weight* [kg] |
p = 0.260 n.s. |
82 (56-98) |
82 (65-103) |
91 (50-165) |
86 (67-113) |
79 (51-100) |
| Body height* [m] |
p = 0.041 |
1.75 (1.58-1.90) |
1.67 (1.50-1.76) |
1.69 (1.60-1.88) |
1.73 (1.60-1.88) |
1.68 (1.53-1.92) |
| BMI [kg/m2] | p = 0.013 | 26.4 (21-29) | 29.4 (25-39) | 30.3 (18-50) | 26.7 (24-39) | 27.8 (20-33) |
*The values are given as the median (min - max). Demographic characteristics were compared with the use of Kruskal-Wallis test or chi-squared test (gender). A p-value in bold type denotes a significant difference. n.s. = not significant.