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Table 1 Demographic data for the study population. Variables are expressed as means (SDs) or absolute numbers and percentages

From: Combined serum and synovial C-reactive protein tests: a valuable adjunct to the diagnosis of chronic prosthetic joint infection

 

aseptic (n = 58)

infected (n = 39)

P value

Age (years)

 MEAN

69.37

73.28

0.078b

 SD

12.63

6.18

 

Sex, n (%)

 Male

28 (48.28)

22 (56.41)

0.535c

 Female

30 (51.72)

17 (43.59)

 

Joint type, n (%)

 Hip

33 (56.90)

28 (71.79)

0.198c

 Knee

25 (43.10)

11 (28.21)

 

Height (cm)

 MEAN

161.28

161.95

0.680b

 SD

7.78

7.98

 

Weight (kg)

 MEAN

60.69

59.97

0.775b

 SD

12.74

10.85

 

BMI (kg/m2)

 MEAN

23.34

22.90

0.632b

 SD

4.66

4.04

 

Time Frame (year)

 MEAN

9.87

2.96

< 0.001b/a

 SD

2.67

1.05

 
  1. “a” means statistically significant values “b” Independent-samples t-test. “c” Fisher’s exact test. Variables are expressed as mean ± SD (standard deviation), or numbers (percentage), BMI (Body Mass Index)
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