Clinical Study
Total Joint Replacement in the Past Does Not Relate to a Deteriorated Functional Level and Health Status in the Oldest Old
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of participants aged 85 years with and without total joint replacement in the past.
| | Total joint replacement | | Yes () | No () |
| Female (number, %) | 27 (71) | 369 (66) | Widowed (number, %) | 23 (61) | 322 (57) | Education: primary school only (number, %) | 22 (58) | 331 (59) | Living situation | | | âIndependent (number, %) | 25 (66) | 304 (54) | âSheltered (number, %) | 5 (13) | 155 (28) | âInstitutionalised (number, %) | 8 (21) | 102 (18) | Clinical characteristics | | | âBody Mass Index (mean, SD) | 27.6 (4.5) | 27.1 (4.5) | âMini Mental State Examination (points, median, IQR) | 27 (25â28) | 26 (22â28) | âGeriatric Depression Scale (points, median, IQR) | 1.5 (0â2) | 2 (1â3) | âTotal number of medicines (median, IQR) | 3 (2â5.5) | 3 (1â5) | Comorbidity | | | âStroke (number, %) | 1 (3) | 47 (8) | âCVD* (number, %) | 23 (61) | 380 (68) | âDiabetes mellitus (number, %) | 3 (8) | 82 (15) | âParkinson (number, %) | 0 (0) | 11 (2) | âCOPD (number, %) | 1 (3) | 64 (11) | âArthritis$ (number, %) | 34 (92) | 144 (28) |
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IQR: Interquartile Range, CVD: Cardiovascular Disease. COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,*CVD included myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, and hypertension. Arthritis included rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. .
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