Research Article

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

Table 2

Common comorbidities related to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

TKATHAT2DM, no OA
T2DMNon-T2DMT2DMNon-T2DM

Urinary, % ()3.70 (2)a0 (0)a11.5 (3)a0 (0)b
Cardiovascular, % ()31.5 (17)a,c1.2 (2)a19.2 (5)b,c1.8 (2)b44.8 (39)c
Nephropathy, % ()18.5 (10)a,c1.2 (2)a3.80 (1)c2.70 (3)39.1 (34)c
Hypertension, % ()81.5 (44)a43.2 (73)a73.1 (19) c46 (51)87.4 (76)c
Dyslipidemia, % ()61.1 (33)a29 (49)a50.0 (13)b20.7 (23)b49.4 (43)
Atherosclerosis, % ()9.3 (5)c5.3 (9)15.4 (4)c9 (10)33.3 (29)c
Hypothyroid, % ()14.8 (8)7.1 (12)15.4 (4)7.2 (8)
Peripheral neuropathy, % ()18.5 (10)a2.4 (4)a42.3 (11)b,c5.4 (6)b13.8 (12)c

— indicates that data is unavailable for the T2DM with no OA group.  = number of patients; THA = total hip arthroplasty; TKA = total knee arthroplasty; 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.