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Table 3 Baseline characteristics of patients undergoing primary THA 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 = 1,023)

FORCE-TJR United States (N = 4,647)

Risk difference (95% CI)

P-value****

Women (N, %)

590 (57.7)

2,660 (57.2)

0.5 (-2.9; 3.8)

0.788

Age in categories (N, %)

   

0.000

 <60 years of age

231 (22.6)

1,435 (31.0)

-8.4 (-11.8; -5.1)

 

 60 to 79.9 years of age

599 (58.6)

2,813 (60.8)

-2.2 (-7.4; 3.0)

 

 ≥80 years of age

193 (18.9)

380 (8.2)

10.7 (7.9; 13.4)

 

Preoperative BMI categories (N, %)*

   

0.000

 <25

381 (37.5)

1,104 (24.3)

13.1 (9.1; 17.1)

 

 25–29.9

397 (39.0)

1,692 (37.3)

1.7 (-2.5; 6.0)

 

 30–34.9

173 (17.0)

1,056 (23.3)

-6.3 (-9.2; -3.4)

 

 ≥35

66 (6.5)

683 (15.1)

-8.6 (-10.5; -6.6)

 

Education (N, %)**

   

0.000

 <= 8 years

126 (38.3)

36 (0.8)

37.5 (30.8; 44.2)

 

 9–12 years (high school)

104 (31.6)

1134 (25.7)

5.9 (-0.4; 12.1)

 

 > = 13 years (college)

99 (30.1)

3238 (73.5)

-43.4 (-49.8; -36.9)

 

Co-morbidities (N, %)

    

 Diabetes

98 (9.6)

543 (11.7)

-2.1 (-4.2; 0.0)

0.017

 Cardiac disease

80 (7.8)

330 (7.1)

0.7 (-1.2; 2.6)

0.610

 Stroke

38 (3.7)

116 (2.5)

1.2 (0.0; 2.5)

0.050

Primary OA (N, %)

834 (81.5)

4,190 (90.2)***

-8.7 (-11.2; -6.1)