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. 2014 Dec 6;473(5):1777–1786. doi: 10.1007/s11999-014-4083-y

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study cohorts

Variable Primary THA
(n = 7205)
Revision THA
(n = 2515)
Primary TKA
(n = 8929)
Revision TKA
(n = 1522)
Total
(n = 20,171)
Age (mean years ± SD) 64.0 ± 14.1 66.5 ± 13.9 67.8 ± 10.5 67.1 ± 11.8 66.2 ± 12.6
Men, n (%) 3496 (49) 1117 (44) 3899 (44) 665 (44) 9177 (45)
Prior operation, n (%) 689 (10) 2514 (100) 2295 (26) 1522 (100) 7020 (35)
Operative time (mean minutes ± SD) 132.9 ± 56.3 194.2 ± 89.6 143.4 ± 60.7 182.6 ± 79.3 148.9 ± 68.5
ASA score, n (%)
 1 353 (5) 68 (3) 161 (2) 29 (2) 611 (3)
 2 4342 (61) 1311 (53) 5232 (60) 862 (58) 11747 (59)
 3 2347 (33) 1074 (43) 3301 (38) 584 (39) 7306 (37)
 4 60 (1) 31 (1) 50 (1) 12 (1) 153 (1)
BMI* (mean kg/m2 ± SD) 29.7 ± 6.3 29.0 ± 6.0 32.2 ± 6.7 31.8 ± 6.3 30.9 ± 6.6
Morbid obesity*, n (%) 476 (7) 123 (5) 1069 (12) 158 (10) 1826 (9)
Comorbidities, n (%)
 Myocardial infarction 539 (7) 212 (8) 821 (9) 97 (6) 1669 (8)
 Congestive heart failure 669 (9) 243 (10) 988 (11) 124 (8) 2024 (10)
 Peripheral vascular disease 717 (10) 200 (8) 1011 (11) 100 (7) 2028 (10)
 Cerebrovascular disease 928 (13) 268 (11) 1368 (15) 158 (10) 2722 (13)
 Dementia 69 (1) 25 (1) 77 (1) 11 (1) 182 (1)
 Pulmonary disease 1059 (15) 315 (13) 1695 (19) 217 (14) 3286 (16)
 Ulcers 636 (9) 187 (7) 1092 (12) 135 (9) 2050 (10)
 Mild liver disease 230 (3) 85 (3) 446 (5) 41 (3) 802 (4)
 Severe liver disease 53 (1) 23 (1) 137 (2) 8 (1) 221 (1)
 Diabetes mellitus 1087 (15) 320 (13) 1829 (20) 271 (18) 3507 (17)
 Diabetes with organ damage 300 (4) 73 (3) 564 (6) 55 (4) 992 (5)
 Hemiplegia 68 (1) 21 (1) 98 (1) 7 (0) 194 (1)
 Renal disease 879 (12) 274 (11) 1267 (14) 149 (10) 2569 (13)
 Metastatic tumors 407 (6) 96 (4) 559 (6) 59 (4) 1121 (6)
 Rheumatologic disease 564 (8) 266 (11) 797 (9) 136 (9) 1763 (9)
 Cancer 1613 (22) 389 (15) 2331 (26) 248 (16) 4581 (23)

* BMI defined using actual patient height and weight measurements at time of surgery. Morbid obesity = BMI > 40 kg/m2; Comorbidities defined per the Charlson comorbidity index; ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists.