No Association of CALCA Polymorphisms and Aseptic Loosening after Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
Table 4
Clinical characteristics and CALCA-P3 genotype distribution in patients with aseptic loosening.
All
CALCA P3 genotype
p-value
TT
TC
Aseptic loosening
n (%)
161 (100)
157 (97.5)
4 (2.5)
Age at implantation (y)
57.12 ± 13.7
57.25 ± 13.8
52.0 ± 12.1
0.44
Age at replantation (y)
66.80 ± 12.17
66.87 ± 12.2
63.97 ± 10.9
0.640
Gender
Female (%)
113 (70.2)
110 (97.3)
3 (2.7)
0.656
Male (%)
48 (29.8)
47 (97.9)
1 (2.1)
BMI (kg/m2)
26.90 ± 5.08
26.72 ± 5.0
34.27 ± 0.87
0.037
First cup with cement (n=154)
no
56 (36.4)
56 (100)
0
0.126
yes
98 (63.6)
94 (95.9)
4 (4.1)
First stem with cement (n= 151)
no
53 (35.1)
53 (100)
0
0.136
yes
98 (64.9)
94 (95.9)
4 (4.1)
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. Significant differences are marked with for p<0.05.
