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Demographic and clinical characteristics of TJR patients with and without co-morbidity when placed on the waiting list. Independent Sample T-test or Chi-square test |
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| Characteristics |
Patients with co-morbidity |
Patients without co-morbidity |
P-value |
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| (n = 649–6621) |
(n = 242–2441) |
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| Age, years (mean ± SD) |
67 ± 10 |
64 ± 11 |
0.000*** |
| Females [n, (%)] |
422(63) |
132 (54) |
0.008** |
| Marital status [n, (%)] |
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| Married |
411 (62) |
160 (65) |
0.155 |
| Housing [n,%] |
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| Living alone |
227 (34) |
62 (25) |
0.008** |
| Basic education [n,%] |
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| Low level |
544 (82) |
190(78) |
0.130 |
| Professional examination [n,%] |
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| Low level |
486 (75) |
175 (73) |
0.279 |
| Employment status {n, (%)] |
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| Retired |
546 (82) |
172(71) |
0.000*** |
| Health status [n, (%)] |
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| Fair or poor |
497 (75) |
133 (55) |
0.000*** |
| VAS2 (mean ± SD) |
62 ± 26 |
76 ± 24 |
0.000*** |
| BMI3 (mean ± SD) |
28.8 ± 4 |
27.2 ± 4 |
0.000*** |
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1Number of observation varies due to missing values; 2VAS, visual analog scale (100 the worst, 0 the best value); 3BMI, body mass index (wt/ht2); ** P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 | |||
Tuominen et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2007 5:16 doi:10.1186/1477-7525-5-16 |
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