Research Article

Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Receiving a Primary Total Knee or Hip Arthroplasty

Table 1

Group characteristics. Group summary of patients who received a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and a total hip arthroplasty (THA) grouped by the status of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). marks significant differences between T2DM and non-T2DM groups.

TKATHANo OA with T2DM
T2DMNon-T2DMT2DMNon-T2DM

Patients, % ()24.2 (54)75.8 (169)19.0 (26)81.0 (111)87
Age, (years)a,cacc
Females, % ()57.4 (31)60.4 (102)57.7 (15)45.0 (50)49 (43)
Ethnicity, % ()
 Caucasian61.1 (33)69.8 (118)65.4 (17)62.2 (69)48.3 (42)
 Black24.1 (13)21.9 (37)19.2 (5)31.5 (35)27.6 (24)
 Hispanic14.8 (8)7.7 (13)15.4 (4)6.3 (7)23.0 (20)
 Asian0 (0)0.5 (1)0 (0)0 (0)1.14 (1)
BMI, (kg/m2)a,cab,cbc
Smoker, % ()55.6 (30)44.4 (75)38.5 (10)c55.9 (62)70 (62)c

 = number of patients; SD = standard deviation; BMI = body mass index; aSignificant between T2DM versus non-T2DM for TKA cohort; bSignificant between T2DM versus non-T2DM for THA group; cSignificant between T2DM groups or arthroplasty versus No OA.