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Table 1 Characteristics of Swedish and Danish patients

From: Factors influencing health-related quality of life after total hip replacement - a comparison of data from the Swedish and Danish hip arthroplasty registers

Variable

Denmark

Sweden

Danish reference THR population

Swedish reference THR population

Male sex

40.5% (256)

42.2% (6148)

43.8% (2579)

43.1% (10 182)

Age

68.5 (± 10.1)

69.4 (± 9.6)

69.1 (± 9.8)

68.6 (± 10.3)

Right side

54.6% (345)

56.1% (8174)

53.3% (3162)

55.5% (13 102)

Year of surgery

2008.3 (± 0.2)

2007.0 (± 0.6)

(2008)

(2006–2007)

Charlson score

  

  Low

91.0% (575)

86.3% (12 561)

89.7% (5318)

86.8% (20 481)

  Medium (1–2)

8.4% (53)

12.8% (1859)

9.4% (557)

12.2% (2888)

  High (> 2)

0.6% (4)

1.0% (140)

1.0% (56)

1.0% (249)

Outcomes

  

  EQ-5D

0.85 (± 0.19)

0.81 (± 0.19)

-

-

  EQ-5D VAS

81.6 (± 19.5)

75.5 (± 20.4)

-

-

  1. Data are presented as percentages (number of patients) for proportional variables, while continuous variables are mean ±SD.