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Table 3 Patient characteristics at TKA surgery

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

 

TKA-BS

N = 119

BS-TKA

N = 465

p value

Age in years, mean (SD)

56 (5.7)

57 (6.8)

0.516

Sex, n (%)

  

0.749

 Female

91 (76%)

349 (75%)

 

 Male

28 (24%)

116 (25%)

 

ASA-classification, n (%)

  

0.12

 1

10 (8%)

55 (12%)

 

 2

74 (62%)

312 (67%)

 

 ≥ 3

35 (30%)

98 (21%)

 

BMI, mean (SD)

38 (4.6)

31 (4.4)

 < 0.001

  1. N number; SD standard deviation; TKA total knee arthroplasty; BS Bariatric surgery; ASA American Society of Anaesthesiologists; BMI Body Mass Index