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. 2014 Sep 23;473(3):1083–1092. doi: 10.1007/s11999-014-3952-8

Table 3.

Comparison of postoperative scores for younger (≤ 50 years) and older (65–75 years) patients

Age/sex category Followup (months) Postoperative UCLA activity score Postoperative SF-12 physical function score Postoperative Harris hip score Postoperative WOMAC physical function score
All younger patients 53.3 ± 38.5 6.4 ± 2.2 44.9 ± 12.4 83.1 ± 18.0 81.3 ± 22.7
All older patients 35.9 ± 28.4 5.3 ± 1.9 42.4 ± 11.4 86.8 ± 18.4 79.1 ± 21.9
All males 46.1 ± 36.3 6.3 ± 2.3 45.3 ± 11.9 85.6 ± 16.7 82.6 ± 21.2
All females 46.2 ± 35.7 5.5 ± 2.0 43.0 ± 11.7 83.4 ± 17.0 78.7 ± 23.3
Younger females 52.7 ± 38.7 6.0 ± 2.0 44.0 ± 12.6 82.1 ± 18.0 79.8 ± 23.3
Older females 35.5 ± 28.6 5.0 ± 1.8 41.2 ± 11.2 85.3 ± 15.2 76.8 ± 10.0
Younger males 52.3 ± 38.4 6.7 ± 2.3 45.8 ± 12.1 84.0 ± 18.0 82.6 ± 22.1
Older males 34.5 ± 28.1 5.9 ± 2.0 44.1 ± 11.4 88.9 ± 13.1 82.7 ± 19.0
Younger versus older patients <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.11
All males versus all females 0.66 <0.001 <0.01 0.03 0.001
Younger versus older females <0.001 <0.001 <0.01 0.02 0.10
Younger versus older males <0.001 <0.001 0.14 <0.001 0.95
Younger females versus younger males 0.65 <0.001 0.05 0.11 0.08
Older females-older males 0.78 <0.001 0.01 <0.01 <0.01

Values are mean ± SD.