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Table 1 Patient characteristics at BS

From: Total knee arthroplasty and bariatric surgery: change in BMI and risk of revision depending on sequence of surgery

 

TKA-BS

N = 105

BS-TKA

N = 465

p value

Age in years, mean (SD)

57 (5.8)

55 (6.8)

0.015

Sex, n (%)

  

0.807

 Female

80 (76%)

349 (75%)

 

 Male

25 (24%)

116 (25%)

 

BMI, mean (SD)

40.5 (4.5)

43.1 (4.9)

 < 0.001

  1. N number; SD standard deviation; BMI Body Mass Index; TKA total knee arthroplasty; BS bariatric surgery
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