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Table 1 Baseline characteristics by intervention groups

From: A pilot study of aquatic prehabilitation in adults with knee osteoarthritis undergoing total knee arthroplasty – short term outcome

 

Intervention group (n = 20)

Standard care group (n = 23)

Overall (n = 43)

Age (years)

67.4 ± 6.0

66.9 ± 6.3

67.2 ± 6.1

Female (%)

10 (50%)

9 (39%)

19 (44%)

 White (%)

17 (85%)

16 (70%)

33 (74%)

 Black

2 (10%)

7 (30%)

9 (21%)

BMI, mean (kg/m2)

32.9 ± 7.4

31.9 ± 5.3

32.4 ± 6.3

Charlson’s comorbidity score

3.74 ± 0.73

3.80 ± 1.28

3.77 ± 1.04

hs-CRP

5.72 ± 7.48

2.37 ± 3.57

3.93 ± 5.90

2.81 (0.63–7.59)a

1.17 (0.73–2.46)a

1.97 (0.69–3.33)a

TNF-α

1.38 ± 0.58

2.85 ± 6.43

2.17 ± 4.73

1.27 (0.94–1.55)a

1.26 (0.81–1.56)a

1.26 (0.85–1.56)a

IL-6

4.16 ± 4.04

2.68 ± 2.46

3.37 ± 3.34

2.84 (1.59–5.09)a

2.16 (1.40–2.77)a

2.28 (1.47–3.94)a

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