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Table 1 Sociodemographic, clinical, and WOMAC preintervention descriptive statistics of samples

From: Validation of a proposed WOMAC short form for patients with hip osteoarthritis

Parameter

Cohort 1

(n = 788)

Cohort 2

(n = 445)

P value

Age, mean (SD)

69.14 (8.91)

68.42 (9.81)

0.2039

Gender, women

381 (48.35)

221 (49.66)

0.6579

Body mass index

  

0.2707

   < 25

146 (19.36)

99 (23.19)

 

   25-30

358 (47.48)

198 (46.37)

 

   ≥ 30

250 (33.16)

130 (30.44)

 

Surgical risk

  

0.5047

   ASA I-III

773 (98.10)

434 (97.53)

 

   ASA IV

15 (1.90)

11 (2.47)

 

Charlson comorbidity index

  

0.9341

   0

463 (58.76)

266 (59.78)

 

   1

218 (27.66)

121 (27.19)

 

   >1

107 (13.58)

58 (13.03)

 

Pain categorical scale

  

0.4593

   Minor

32 (4.09)

12 (2.72)

 

   Moderate

171 (21.87)

96 (21.77)

 

   Severe

579 (74.04)

333 (75.51)

 

Functional limitation categorical scale

  

0.0076

   Minor

79 (10.04)

36 (8.13)

 

   Moderate

422 (53.62)

206 (46.50)

 

   Severe

286 (36.34)

201 (45.37)

 

WOMAC preintervention domains, mean (SD)

   

   Pain

54.27 (18.63)

58.16 (19.47)

0.0006

   Function

65.19 (16.61)

68.44 (16.85)

0.0011

  1. Data are expressed as frequency (percentage) unless otherwise stated.
  2. Percentages exclude patients with missing data.
  3. The scores for the WOMAC domains range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating worse health status.
  4. SD = Standard deviation; ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists.