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Table 1 The demographic of the two stem groups

From: A comparison of a short versus a conventional femoral cementless stem in total hip arthroplasty in patients 70 years and older

Variable

Short stem

Conventional stem

P value

Number of patients

50

53

 

Number of hips

55

58

 

Male to female ratio

20:30

10:43

0.18

Mean age (years) (range)

74 ± 13.2

75 ± 10.4

0.320

Mean BMI (kg/m2)

28.1 ± 7.0

29.2 ± 6.1

0.212

Dorr bone quality

  

0.843

 Type A

18

20

 

 Type B

14

12

 

 Type C

23

26

 

Diagnosis

  

0.954

 Osteonecrosis

11

12

 

 Osteoarthritis

32

33

 

 Rheumatoid arthritis

2

1

 

 Femoral neck fracture

10

12

 

Follow-up (months)

40 ± 3.6

42 ± 5.2

0.620