Research Article

Clinical Outcomes in Men and Women following Total Knee Arthroplasty with a High-Flex Knee: No Clinical Effect of Gender

Table 1

Patient demographics.

ParameterTotal With ≥ 2-year complete follow-up
FemaleMaleFemaleMale

Number of patients 802526463313
Number of knees1069716574397
Proportion right knees51.7%49.4%51.4%49.4%
Patient age, mean (range) years71.9 (39–95)70.9 (44–96)73.3 (50–94)71.6 (48–95)
Body mass index mean (range) kg/m233.2 (18–76)32.3 (8–79)32.6 (18–62)32.0 (8–57)
Diagnosis
 Osteoarthritis97.5%98.6%97.4%98.7%
 Rheumatoid arthritis1.6%0.8%1.9%1.0%
 Avascular necrosis0.6%0.3%0.4%0.3%
 Osteonecrosis0.1%0.0%0.2%0.0%
 Posttraumatic arthritis0.1%0.1%0.2%0.0%
 Others0.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%
Length-of-stay, mean (range) days2.5 (1–18)2.2 (1–22)2.4 (1–10)2.1 (1–11)
Follow-up, mean (range) years2.4 (0.7–7.2) 2.4 (0.8–6.9)2.9 (2–7.2)2.9 (2–6.9)