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Table 1 Demographics of the groups

From: Globulin, the albumin-to-globulin ratio, and fibrinogen perform well in the diagnosis of Periprosthetic joint infection

 

Group A

(=31)

Group B

(n = 51)

Group C

(n = 139)

P Valuet

(Group A vs. C)

P Value

(Group B vs. C)

Sex a

   

0.043*

0.453

Male

17 (54.8%)

21 (41.2%)

49 (35.3%)

  

Female

14 (45.2%)

30 (58.8%)

90 (64.7%)

  

Age(y) b

68 (60–74)

68 (53–74)

63 (49–71)

0.031*

0.093

BMI (kg/m2) c

25.26 ± 3.55

25.22 ± 3.52

25.49 ± 4.12

0.768

0.679

Involved Joint a

   

0.043*

0.024*

Knee

15 (48.4%)

24 (47.1%)

41 (29.5%)

  

Hip

16 (51.6%)

27 (52.9%)

98 (70.5%)

  
  1. Group A, acute PJI group; Group B, chronic PJI group; Group C, aseptic failure group
  2. a The values were given as number of cases and the percentage in parentheses
  3. b Age was given as median with its interquartile range (25th - 75th) in parentheses
  4. c BMI were expressed as mean ± SD. BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation
  5. * P < 0.05
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