Table 1.
Comparative demographics for patients undergoing total hip replacement grouped by race.
| Overall n (%) | White THA n (%) | Black THA n (%) | P Value* | Hispanic THA n (%) | P Value* | Asian THA n (%) | P Value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 117389 (100) | 104693 (89.18) | 9968 (8.49) | 905 (0.77) | 1823 (1.55) | |||
| Sex | 0.001 | 0.152 | <0.001 | |||||
| Male | 52949 (45.11) | 47252 (45.13) | 4669 (46.84) | 430 (47.51) | 598 (32.8) | |||
| Female | 64440 (54.89) | 57441 (54.87) | 5299 (53.16) | 475 (52.49) | 1225 (67.2) | |||
| Age | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.657 | |||||
| < 70 yr | 77447 (65.97) | 67579 (64.54) | 7985 (80.1) | 715 (79.01) | 1168 (64.04) | |||
| ≥ 70 yr | 39964 (34.04) | 37134 (35.46) | 1984 (19.9) | 190 (20.99) | 656 (35.96) | |||
| Functional status | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.287 | |||||
| Independent | 114271 (97.34) | 102039 (97.8) | 9635 (97.09) | 862 (95.67) | 1735 (97.31) | |||
| Partially Dependent | 2571 (2.19) | 2207 (2.12) | 279 (2.81) | 38 (4.22) | 47 (2.64) | |||
| Totally Dependent | 105 (0.09) | 93 (0.09) | 10 (0.1) | 1 (0.11) | 1 (0.06) | |||
| ASA class | <0.001 | 0.355 | <0.001 | |||||
| Low | 67463 (57.47) | 60949 (58.21) | 4766 (47.81) | 513 (56.69) | 1235 (67.71) | |||
| High | 49946 (42.55) | 43762 (41.79) | 5203 (52.19) | 392 (43.31) | 589 (32.29) | |||
| Comorbidities | ||||||||
| Obesity (BMI >30 kg/m∧2) | 54750 (46.64) | 48179 (46.01) | 5630 (56.48) | <0.001 | 484 (53.48) | <0.001 | 457 (25.05) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 13532 (11.53) | 11374 (10.89) | 1754 (17.64) | <0.001 | 160 (17.76) | <0.001 | 244 (13.41) | 0.001 |
| Hypertension Medications | 67537 (57.53) | 59126 (56.46) | 6916 (69.38) | <0.001 | 450 (49.72) | <0.001 | 1045 (57.32) | 0.464 |
| Arthritis | 0.013 | <0.001 | 0.183 | |||||
| Osteo | 105683 (90.03) | 95151 (99.67) | 8299 (99.51) | 714 (98.21) | 1519 (99.48) | |||
| Rheumatoid | 374 (0.32) | 312 (0.33) | 41 (0.49) | 13 (1.79) | 8 (0.52) | |||
| Smoking History | 15720 (13.39) | 13000 (12.41) | 2459 (24.67) | <0.001 | 114 (12.6) | 0.869 | 147 (8.06) | <0.001 |
| General Anesthesia | 66106 (56.31) | 58305 (55.74) | 6430 (64.6) | <0.001 | 527 (58.23) | 0.133 | 844 (46.3) | <0.001 |
| COPD | 4788 (4.08) | 4323 (4.13) | 409 (4.1) | 0.902 | 27 (2.98) | 0.084 | 29 (1.59) | <0.001 |
| Chronic Steroid Use | 4352 (3.71) | 3680 (3.51) | 514 (5.16) | <0.001 | 75 (8.29) | <0.001 | 83 (4.55) | 0.017 |
| Dialysis | 272 (0.23) | 165 (0.16) | 94 (0.94) | <0.001 | 4 (0.44) | 0.033 | 9 (0.49) | <0.001 |
| Cancer | 361 (0.31) | 313 (0.3) | 32 (0.32) | 0.7 | 7 (0.77) | 0.01 | 9 (0.49) | 0.134 |
| Low Hematocrit (<30) | 1134 (0.97) | 871 (0.86) | 241 (2.48) | <0.001 | 12 (1.37) | 0.101 | 10 (0.56) | 0.172 |
| High Creatinine (≥2 mg/dL) | 7868 (6.7) | 6881 (6.77) | 745 (7.68) | 0.001 | 80 (9.15) | 0.005 | 162 (9.05) | <0.001 |
| Low Albumin (<3.5 g/dL) | 2615 (2.23) | 2240 (2.21) | 321 (3.31) | <0.001 | 25 (2.86) | 0.19 | 29 (1.62) | 0.093 |
| Low Platelets (<100 billion cells/L) | 689 (0.59) | 608 (0.58) | 63 (0.63) | 0.521 | 6 (0.66) | 0.746 | 12 (0.66) | 0.667 |
| High Bilirubin (≥2 mg/dL) | 59411 (50.61) | 53044 (50.66) | 4936 (49.51) | 0.029 | 386 (42.65) | <0.001 | 1045 (57.29) | <0.001 |
*All P Values indicate comparisons to White THA reference group.