Table 5

Characteristics of patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty

CharacterisicPatients; weight classp value
Normal weight n = 1331Overweight n = 4574Class I obese n = 4901Class II obese n = 3124Class III obese n = 2555
Age, mean, yr70.369.267.665.762.7< 0.001*
Sex, no. (%)
 Male408 (30.7)2043 (44.7)2123 (43.3)1112 (35.6)742 (29.0)< 0.001
 Female923 (69.3)2531 (55.3)2778 (56.7)2012 (64.4)1813 (71.0)
Presurgical risk factors, no. (%)
 0345 (25.9)1308 (28.6)1374 (28.0)807 (25.8)581 (22.7)< 0.001
 1402 (30.2)1376 (30.1)1398 (28.5)911 (29.2)669 (26.2)
 ≥ 2584 (43.9)1890 (41.3)2130 (43.5)1407 (45.0)1305 (51.1)
  • * Determined by analysis of variance.

  • Determined by χ2 testing.