Table 1 Basic characteristic of patients included in the study.

From: Synovial fluid viscosity with synovial fluid cell count, valuable diagnostic marker of prosthetic joint infections

Patients

PJI

Aseptic

p value

Number (n (%))

58 (47%)

65 (53%)

 

Age (mean ± SD) (year)

71.2 ± 9.9

69.4 ± 9.5

0.31

Gender (n (%))

  

0.59

 Male

26 (45%)

26 (40%)

 

 Female

32 (55%)

39 (60%)

 

BMI (mean ± SD) (kg/m2)

30.4 ± 6.5

30.1 ± 5.8

0.79

Joint (n (%))

  

0.22

 Hip

26 (45%)

22 (34%)

 

 Knee

32 (55%)

43 (66%)

 

ASA (n (%))

  

0.56

 I

0

0

 

 II

21 (36%)

26 (40%)

 

 III

31 (53%)

35 (54%)

 

 IV

6 (11%)

4 (6%)

 

Lkc at admission (mean ± SD) (× 109)

7.7 ± 3.96

6.6 ± 3.09

0.08

CRP at admission (mean ± SD) (mg/L)

25 ± 105.2

5 ± 7.44

0.12

  1. ASA American Society of Anaesthesiologists Score, BMI body mass index, Lkc leucocytes, CRP C-reactive protein.