Table 1.
Author Name | Study Population | Year | Mean Follow-up Time | Study Type | Hypoalbuminemic Cutoff | Normal Albumin Patient (Total) | Low Albumin Patient (Total) |
Alfargieny et al2 | THA and TKA | 2015 | 6 mo | R | Not given | Not given | 5 |
Bohl et al3 | THA and TKA | 2016 | 30 d | R | <3.5 g/dL | 47,639 | 1964 |
Bohl et al10 | THA and TKA | 2016 | 30 d | R | <3.5 g/dL | 3762 | 755 |
Courtney et al11 | THA and TKA | 2016 | 6 mo | R | <3.5 g/dL | 587 | 83 |
Cross et al7 | Not applicable (N/A) | 2014 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Fu et al12 | THA | 2016 | 30 d | R | <3.5 g/dL | 19,465 | 745 |
Fu et al5 | TKA | 2017 | 30 d | R | <3.5 g/dL | 33,400 | 1400 |
Gherini et al8 | THA | Not given | Not given | P | Not given | Not given | Not given |
Greene et al1 | THA and TKA | 1991 | 1 year | R | <3.5 g/dL | 211 | 6 |
Gunningberg et al13 | THA, TKA, and coronary artery bypass | 2008 | 30 d | P | <35 g/L | 51 | 4 |
Huang et al14 | THA and TKA | 2013 | 12 mo | P | Albumin <3.5 mg/dL OR transferrin <200 mg/dL | Not given | Not given |
Kamath et al15 | THA and TKA | 2016 | Not given | P | <3.5 g/dL | 913 | 185 |
Kamath et al6 | Revision TKA | 2017 | 30 d | R | <3.5 g/dL | 3838 | 713 |
Kim et al16 | TKA | 2016 | 4.2 y | R | <3.0 g/dL | 839 | 470 |
Lavernia et al17 | THA and TKA | 1999 | Not given | P | <or = 34 g/L | 97 | 22 |
Marín et al9 | THA and TKA | 2002 | Not given | P | <3.5 g/dL | 152 | 18 |
Mednick et al18 | THA | 2014 | 30 d | R | Not given | Not given | Not given |
Morey et al19 | TKA | 2016 | 1 year | R | <3.5 g/dL | 2956 | 213 |
Nelson et al4 | TKA | 2015 | 30 d | R | <3.5 g/dL | 35,573 | 1570 |
Nelson et al20 | THA | 2019 | 30 d | R | <3.5 g/dL | 23,409 | 1177 |
Nicholson et al21 | THA | 2012 | Not given | R | Albumin <3.5 g/dL AND TLC <1.50 cells/m | 64 | 26 |
Nussenbaum et al22 | THA and TKA | 2018 | 2 y | R | Not given | Not given | Not given |
Rai et al23 | THA and TKA | 2002 | Not given | R | Albumin <3.5 g/dL OR serum transferrin <200 mg/dL, OR TLC <1500 cells/mm3 | Not given | Not given |
Savio et al24 | THA | 1996 | 1.8 y | R | Albumin <3.5 g/dL, then changed to albumin <3.9 g/dL is normal after the researchers analyzed the data | 51 | 35 |
Walls et al25 | THA | 2015 | 30 d | R | <3.5 g/dL | 23,116 | 1122 |
Yi et al26 | Revision THA | 2014 | 90 d | R | <3.5 g/dL | Not given | Not given |