Research Article

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

Table 2

Knee Society Score and SF-12 outcomes summaries after a minimum of 2 years.

GenderScoreComponentPreop, mean (range)Postop, mean (range) value

FemaleKnee Society ScoreKnee43.5 (0–100)89.8 (25–100)<0.0001
Function51.4 (0–100)74.5 (0–100)<0.0001
SF-12Physical31.6 (12.5–56.7)43.8 (8.4–63.0)<0.0001
Mental51.8 (13.6–77.8)54.0 (26.3–70.6)<0.0001

MaleKnee Society ScoreKnee40.2 (0–93)91.0 (32–100)<0.0001
Function59.8 (5–100)86.3 (20–100)<0.0001
SF-12Physical32.4 (12.1–56.7)46.0 (14.3–65.0)<0.0001
Mental55.5 (21.2–75.5)55.7 (31.4–72.5)0.729

values for intra-preop and intra-postop comparisons: a = 0.0081, b = <0.0001, c = 0.141, d = <0.0001, e = 0.143, f = <0.0001, g = 0.0005, and h = 0.0014.