Research Article

Bacterial Findings in Infected Hip Joint Replacements in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis: A Study of 318 Revisions for Infection Reported to the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register

Table 2

Patient characteristics.

ā€‰ RA OA

Mean age (years) (SD)* 64 (16) 74 (8) 0.001
Sex (females%)** 70% 54% 0.06
Mean time to revision (years)* 3.79 3.13 0.3

*In 318 infection episodes, **in the 292 patients.