Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Demographic data for the study population

From: Joint fluid interleukin-6 combined with the neutral polymorphonuclear leukocyte ratio (PMN%) as a diagnostic index for chronic periprosthesis infection after arthroplasty

Index	Non-PJI (n = 30)	PJI (n = 30)	P value
Age	70.040 ± 6.554	64.7200 ± 13.752	0.09
Weight (cm)	60.400 ± 9.917	60.160 ± 12.821	0.94
Height (kg)	157.920 ± 5.943	161.160 ± 8.163	0.12
BMI	24.230 ± 3.854	23.170 ± 4.640	0.38
Gender			0.77
Female	17 (28.3%)	14 (23.3%)
Male	13 (21.7%)	16 (26.7%)
Joint type			0.78
Knee	16 (26.7%)	12 (20.0%)
Hip	14 (23.3%)	18 (30.0%)

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