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Table 1 Primary diagnoses and demographic variables

From: Reduced re-infection rates with postoperative oral antibiotics after two-stage revision hip arthroplasty

 

Patients receiving postoperative oral antibiotics

Patients not receiving postoperative oral antibiotics

p-value

Patients undergoing aseptic revision

Number of patients (hips)

22 (23)

44 (44)

 

407 (410)

  Men

12 (12)

17 (17)

0.30

162

  Women

10 (11)

27 (27)

0.30

248

Primary diagnosis

    

  Osteoarthritis

14

27

1.0

313

  Osteonecrosis

3

7

1.0

58

  Developmental hip dysplasia

1

4

0.66

4

  Trauma

3

5

1.0

13

  Rheumatoid arthritis

0

2

0.54

22

  Gaucher disease

1

0

0.33

0

Number of patients at increased infection risk

11 (50%)

21 (48%)

1.0

244 (60%)

Age (years)*

58 (26–87)

57 (19–89)

1.0

60 (16–90)

Body mass index*

27.3 (17.1–47.9)

30.5 (18.4–56.1)

0.13

30.8 (16.8–53.3)

  1. *Values are expressed as means, with ranges in parentheses.