Table 2.
Patient demographics and comorbidities
| Overall | RG | TG | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | N | 58 | 31 | 27 | |
| Sex | f / m | 41 / 17 | 26 / 5 | 15 / 12 | |
| Age (years) | Mean (min – max) | 69,9 ± 14,9 (22–93) | 76,2 ± 9,4* (49–93) | 62,9 ± 16,7* (22–93) | *p < 0.05 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | Mean ± SD (min – max) | 26,7 ± 4,3 (20.9–39.1) | 27,3 ± 4,3 (21,3 - 39,1) | 24,9 ± 3,9 (20,9 - 36,5) | p = n.s. (0.097) |
| Affected side | right / left | 30 / 28 | 18 / 13 | 12 / 15 | |
| Follow-up (months) | Mean (min – max) | 52.2 (11–160) | 49,0 (11–139) | 55,9 (14–160) | |
| Comorbidities | |||||
| - Patients | N (%) | 36 (62.1%) | 25 (80.6%)* | 11 (40.7%)* | *p < 0.001 |
| - Hypertension | 22 | 15 | 7 | ||
| - Diabetes | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
| - COPD | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| - Congestive heart failure | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| - CAD | 2 | 2 | – | ||
| - Cardiac arrhythmia | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||
| - Hypothyroidism | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| - Chronic renal failure | 3 | 3 | – | ||
| - Neoplasia | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| - Decubitus | 1 | 1 | – | ||
| - Arthrosis | 2 | 2 | – | ||
| - Dementia | 2 | 2 | – | ||
| - Depression | 1 | 1 | – | ||
| - Schizophrenia | 1 | 1 | – | ||
| - Cerebrovascular insult | 1 | 1 | – | ||
| - Epilepsia | 1 | – | 1 | ||
RG Revision group, TG Tumor group, f Female, m Male, BMI Body-mass-index, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CAD Coronary artery disease