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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with hip osteoarthritis and healthy controls included in the study

From: Changes of and interrelationships between performance-based function and gait and patient-reported function 1 year after total hip arthroplasty

 

Hip osteoarthritis (n = 34)

Healthy controls (n = 25)

Difference between groups

Mean (SD) age (years)

66.9 (9.0)

65.7 (9.5)

0.60

 40–49 years, n (%)

2 (6)

1 (4)

 

 50–59 years, n (%)

7 (21)

5 (29)

 

 60–69 years, n (%)

9 (26)

9 (36)

 

 70–79 years, n (%)

15 (44)

9 (36)

 

 89–89 years, n (%)

1 (3)

1 (4)

 

Female, n (%)

24 (71)

16 (64)

 

Mean (SD) body mass index (kg/m2)

26.6 (3.8)

24.9 (2.9)

0.07

Mean (SD) body weight (kg)

76.3 (15)

72.8 (12.2)

0.35

Mean (SD) height (cm)

169 (10)

171 (8)

0.40

Mean (SD) symptom duration (years)

4.3 (3.4)

NA

 

Kellgren–Lawrence score (1–4)

 1–2, n (%)

NA

 

 3, n (%)

10 (29)

NA

 

 4, n (%)

24 (71)

NA

 

Use of analgesics

 Daily use, n (%)

19 (56)

NA

 

 If necessary (when needed), n (%)

13 (38)

NA

 

 Never (rarely), n (%)

2 (6)

NA