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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients undergoing primary TKA for categorical variables

From: Important patient characteristics differ prior to total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty between Switzerland and the United States

 

Geneva registry Switzerland (N = 823)

FORCE-TJR United States (N = 6,680)

Risk difference (95% CI)

P-value****

Women (N, %)

567 (68.9)

4,142 (62.0)

6.9 (3.5; 10.3)

0.000

Age in categories (N, %)

   

0.000

 <60 years of age

75 (9.1)

1,462 (21.9)

-12.8 (-15.2; -10.5)

 

 60 to 79.9 years of age

555 (67.4)

4,623 (69.3)

-1.9 (-7.8; 4.1)

 

 ≥80 years of age

193 (23.5)

586 (8.8)

14.7 (11.3; 18.1)

 

Preoperative BMI categories (N, %)*

   

0.000

 <25

177 (21.5)

832 (12.9)

8.6 (5.3; 11.9)

 

 25–29.9

295 (35.8)

2,053 (31.8)

4.0 (-0.3; 8.3)

 

 30–34.9

211 (25.6)

1,869 (29.0)

-3.3 (-7.0; 0.4)

 

 ≥35

140 (17.0)

1,698 (26.3)

-9.3 (-12.4; -6.2)

 

Education (N, %)**

   

0.000

 <= 8 years

140 (41.1)

104 (1.6)

39.4 (32.6; 46.2)

 

 9–12 years (high school)

110 (32.3)

2060 (32.3)

0.0 (-6.2; 6.2)

 

 > = 13 years (college)

91 (26.7)

4216 (66.1)

-39.4 (-45.2; -33.6)

 

Co-morbidities (N, %)

    

 Diabetes

145 (17.6)

1,125 (16.8)

0.8 (-2.3; 3.8)

0.932

 Cardiac disease

48 (5.8)

531 (7.9)

-2.1 (-3.9; -0.3)

0.013

 Stroke

24 (2.9)

209 (3.1)

-0.2 (-1.5; 1.0)

0.545

Primary OA (N, %)

719 (87.4)

5,886 (88.1)***

-0.7 (-3.2; 1.7)