Table
1: Demographic
characteristics of the two groups by use of ALAC.
|
Variable |
ALBC group |
Non-ALBC
group |
p value |
|
Number of patients |
558 |
580 |
|
|
TKA |
300 (53.8%) |
270 (46.6%) |
|
|
THA |
151 (27.1%) |
174 (30.0%) |
|
|
BHA |
107 (19.2%) |
136 (23.4%) |
|
|
Age [years] |
72.3 (71.5-73.1) |
73.5 (72.7-74.3) |
0.04 |
|
Sex (M/F) [%] |
14.5/85.5 |
15.9/84.1 |
0.56 |
|
BMI |
25.3 (24.9-25.7) |
25.0 (24.6-25.3) |
0.23 |
|
Comorbidities
[number of patients] |
|||
|
Diabetes mellitus |
110 (19.7%) |
149 (25.7%) |
0.02 |
|
Rheumatoid arthritis |
37 (6.6%) |
30 (5.2%) |
0.32 |
|
Chronic renal failure |
28 (5.0%) |
23 (4.0%) |
0.47 |
Continuous
values (age and BMI) are expressed as means (95% confidence intervals).