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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: Preoperative intra-articular steroid injections within 3 months increase the risk of periprosthetic joint infection in total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors

Year

Mean age

Sex (M/F)

Sample size

PJI rate (n/N)

Criteria for PJI

IASI group

Control group

Amin et al. [19]

2015

63.82

N/A

1,628

4/783

12/845

MSIS criteria

Bedard et al. [4]

2017

N/A

30,162/53,522

83,684

403/29,603

563/54,081

Disease codes

Bhattacharjee et al. [25]

2021

N/A

28,081/48,789

76,970

63/8,226

696/68,744

Disease codes

Cancienne et al. [15]

2015

N/A

11,340/24,550

35,890

949/22,240

500/13,650

Disease codes

Desai et al. [33]

2009

68

100/150

270

0/90

0/180

Microbiologic culture

Grondin et al. [34]

2021

71.8

84/220

180

4/83

2/97

Microbiologic culture

Khan et al. [35]

2022

69.5

645/675

1,169

7/521

15/648

Disease codes

Khanuja et al. [17]

2016

66

164/440

604

10/302

12/302

CDC criteria

Kurtz et al. [31]

2021

N/A

32,678/57,159

89,837

273/33,331

424/56,506

Disease codes

Papavasiliou et al. [14]

2006

N/A

N/A

144

3/54

0/90

Microbiologic culture

Rhode et al. [32]

2021

61.33

104/313

367

24/189

15/178

Microbiologic culture

Richardson et al. [16]

2019

N/A

17,244/28,487

58,337

532/16,656

1,117/41,681

Disease codes

Tang et al. [36]

2021

63.9

751/1,018

1,429

0/51

7/1,378

Medical records

Turcotte et al. [27]

2020

66.5

N/A

19,510

28/903

416/18,607

Disease codes

  1. PJI, periprosthetic joint infection; IASI, intra-articular steroid injection; N/A, not available; MSIS, musculoskeletal infection society; CDC, centers for disease control and prevention