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Table 1 Sample demographic and health characteristics, overall and by surgical cohort, including tests of differences across cohorts

From: Heterogeneity in health status and the influence of patient characteristics across patients seeking musculoskeletal orthopaedic care – a cross-sectional study

  

Overall sample (n = 1948)

Foot/Ankle (n = 349)

Elbow/Shoulder (n = 378)

Neck/Back (n = 454)

Hip/Knee (n = 767)

p-value

Proportions (%)

Sex

Female

48.6

60.7

39.2

48.1

48.1

<0.0001

Income

Low

23.2

22.4

27.1

19.4

23.8

<0.0001

 

Missing

17.7

11.9

11.5

30.6

15.8

 

Education

<= high school

32.6

21.6

33.4

37.8

34.1

<0.0001

Race

White

78.4

81.1

74.8

79.2

78.3

0.1897

 

Asian

5.0

4.2

5.3

5.6

4.9

 
 

Black

4.5

2.8

5.3

4.1

5.0

 
 

South Asian

4.3

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.9

 
 

Other

7.8

8.1

10.6

6.9

6.9

 

Body Mass Index

Overweight

38.0

34.3

40.6

36.5

39.5

<0.0001

 

Obese

24.7

19.8

23.4

21.5

29.5

 

Means (sd)

Age

 

51.9 (18–93)

49.0 (18–84)

50.7 (18–90)

49.0 (18–87)

55.5 (18–93)

<0.0001

Comorbidity Count

 

1.5 (1.9)

1.5 (1.9)

1.3 (1.7)

1.5 (1.9)

1.7 (1.9)

0.0011

Body Mass Index

 

27.2 (5.4)

26.3 (5.3)

27.0 (4.7)

26.8 (5.5)

27.9 (5.6)

<0.0001

Bodily Pain

 

40.5 (23.5)

47.9 (24.3)

42.5 (23.7)

37.0 (23.7)

38.1 (22.1)

<0.0001

Physical Functioning

 

52.2 (28.6)

60.7 (28.6)

66.1 (25.2)

47.3 (27.8)

44.4 (27.1)

<0.0001

Mental Health

 

68.7 (20.3)

71.4 (18.9)

70.2 (19.8)

65.0 (21.1)

69.0 (20.3)

<0.0001

General Health

 

66.3 (21.1)

68.9 (21.3)

67.9 (20.3)

61.1 (22.0)

67.3 (20.4)

<0.0001