Research Article

No Association of CALCA Polymorphisms and Aseptic Loosening after Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty

Table 3

Clinical characteristics and CALCA P2 genotype distribution in patients with aseptic loosening.

AllCALCA P2 genotypep-value
IIIDDD

Aseptic loosening
n (%)161 (100)146 (90.7)14 (8.7)1 (0.6)
Age at implantation (y)57.12 ± 13.757.07 ± 14.057.0 ± 10.8966.0 ± 00.817
Age at replantation (y)66.80 ± 12.1766.72 ± 12.367.2 ± 10.671.91 ± 00.907
Gender
 Female (%)113 (70.2)102 (90.3)10 (8.9)1 (0.8)0.802
 Male (%)48 (19.8)44 (91.7)4 (8.3)0
BMI (kg/m2)26.90 ± 5.026.79 ± 5.127.77 ± 5.170.587
First cup with cement (n=154)
 no56 (36.4)52 (92.9)3 (5.4)1 (1.7)0.205
 yes98 (63.6)87 (88.8)11 (11.2)0
First stem with cement (n= 151)
 no53 (35.1)49 (92.5)4 (7.5)00.652
 yes98 (64.9)87 (88.8)10 (10.2)1 (1)

Data are numbers with percentages given in brackets and numbers with standard deviation, respectively. Categorical variables were analysed by statistics. P values were calculated using ANOVA for continuous variables.