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Table 2 Demographic data for the study population

From: Synovial fluid IL-1β appears useful for the diagnosis of chronic periprosthetic joint infection

Characteristic

Infected (N=37)

Aseptic (N=56)

P value

Gender

0.51

 Male

25(67.57%)

33(58.93%)

 Female

12(32.42%)

23(41.07%)

Age (years)

74.57±6.01

72.15±6.54

0.08

BMI (kg/m2)

22.99±4.12

23.22±4.66

0.81

Joint type

0.40

 Knee

20

25

 Hip

17

31

  1. Variables are expressed as mean ± SD or numbers (percentage)
  2. BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation