Table 1 Comparison of baseline determinants between patients with bilateral simultaneous total knee arthroplasty (BSTKA) and staged TKA before propensity score matching.

From: Complications following bilateral simultaneous versus staged total knee arthroplasty in the Japanese population: a propensity-matched case-control study

Parameters

BSTKA (n = 434 patients)

Staged TKA (n = 97 patients)

p value

Age*(years)

76 (45–90)

76 (44–91)

0.694

Sex

  

0.672

Male

77 (18)

19 (20)

Female

357 (82)

75 (80)

Body mass index*(kg/m2)

26 (13–49)

25 (14–38)

0.043

Diagnosis

  

0.010

Osteoarthritis

416 (96)

86 (89)

Rheumatoid arthritis

18 (4.1)

11 (11)

American Society of Anesthesiologists score

  

0.166

1

67 (15)

12 (12)

2

341 (79)

83 (86)

3

26 (6)

2 (2)

Age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index

  

< 0.001

1–2

52 (12)

2 (2)

3–4

267 (62)

42 (43)

≤ 5

115 (26)

53 (55)

  1. *Values are presented as median (range); Values are presented as number of patients (%).