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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study patients

From: 26Postoperative diagnosis and outcome in patients with revision arthroplasty for aseptic loosening

Characteristic

Aseptic loosening (n = 174)

PJI (n = 24)

P a

Age (year)-mean (SD)

69.5 (12.0)

68.2 (14.1)

0.61

Gender- no. (%)

   

  Male

72 (41.4)

14 (58.3)

0.13

Body mass index-mean (SD)

30.8 (4.8)

30.6 (6.1)

0.84

Location

   

  Hip

118(67.8)

23(95.8)

0.003

  Knee

56 (32.2)

1(4.2)

 

Surgical procedure-no. (%)a

   

  Partial Revision

99 (56.9)

19 (79.1)

0.045

  Total Revision (One-stage exchange)

73 (42.0)

4 (16.7)

 

  Two-stage revision

1 (0.6)

0

 

  Girdlestone

1 (0.6)

1(4.2)

 

Underlying joint disorder-no (%)

   

  Osteoarthritis

6 (3.4)

0

1.00

  Osteoarthrosis

14 (8.0)

4 (16.7)

0.24

  Osteoporosis

19 (10.9)

4 (16.7)

0.49

  Rheumatoid arthritis

7 (4.0)

0

1.00

  Acute fracture/trauma

9 (5.2)

1(4.2)

1.00

  Malignancy

3 (1.7)

0

1.00

Associated conditions- no. (%)

   

  Diabetes mellitus

25 (14.4)

5 (20.8)

0.38

  Immunosuppressive therapy

6 (3.4)

0

1.00

  Systemic steroid therapy

6 (3.4)

0

1.00

  Prior revision arthroplasty

34 (19.5)

8 (33.3)

0.18

Time between last implantation and removal of implant-no. (%)

   

  ≤30 days

1 (0.6)

1 (4.2)

0.12

  31– 365 days

15 (8.6)

5 (20.8)

 

  366 days-5 years

51 (29.3)

6 (25.0)

 

  6-10 years

32 (18.4)

5 (20.8)

 

  11-15 years

31 (17.8)

5 (20.8)

 

  >15 years

44 (25.3)

2 (8.3)

 

Blood units after surgery-no. (%)

32 (18.4)

8 (33.3)

0.11

Length of surgery (minutes)-

152.6 (70.7)

173.8 (93.9)

0.20392

Mean (SD)

  

393

  1. PJI Prosthetic joint infection; SD Standard Deviation
  2. aTwo-tailed Chi-squared or Fisher exact test for categorical variables or t-test for continuous variables