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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data. Continuous results are presented as medians with interquartile range (IQR)

From: The diagnostic accuracy of blood C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in periprosthetic joint infections – A 10-year analysis of 1510 revision hip and knee arthroplasties from a single orthopaedic center

 

arTJA (n = 1032)

PJI (n = 478)

p-value

Males/Females

281 / 751

202 / 276

< 0.01*

Hip/Knee

681 / 351

277 / 201

< 0.01*

Age (years)

69 (61–76)

69 (62–76)

0.52**

Weight (kg)

80 (69–90)

83 (72–95)

< 0.01**

BMI (kg/m2)

29 (26-32.2)

29.7 (26.6–33)

< 0.01**

Blood CRP (mg/L)

2.95 (1.3–5.4)

34.1 (14.5–65.4)

< 0.01**

ESR (mm/h)

12 (7–18)

45 (29–75)

< 0.01**

Time of the surgery (min)

105 (80.5–135)

120 (90–140)

< 0.01**

Time from surgery to discharge (days)

8 (6–11)

15 (11–18)

< 0.01**

Time from primary TJA to revision (months)

70 (24–144)

36 (13–72)

< 0.01**

  1. *Fisher exact test; **Mann-Whitney U test