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. 2020 Mar 26;21:155–160. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2020.03.037

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/m2) 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.