Weight affects survival of primary total knee arthroplasty: study based on the Danish Knee Arthroplasty Register with 67,810 patients and a median follow-up time of 5 years.

ABSTRACT: Background and purpose - Obesity is a rising issue worldwide and growing evidence supports poor outcome amongst obese patients following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Using nationwide registries we investigated the association between bodyweight and risk of revision of primary TKA. Patients and methods - All primary TKA performed during 1997-2015, weight at time of primary TKA and subsequent TKA revisions were identified in the Danish Knee Arthroplasty Register (DKR). Data on comorbidities and a priori selected confounding variables were collected from nationwide registries. The association between weight and 1st time TKA revision was calculated as both crude and adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) using Cox regression. Results - Of 67,810 identified primary TK

SUBMITTER: Gottsche D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6366474 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature