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Table 2 Patient demographics, comorbidities, and surgery details by preoperative LEFS quartile

From: The role of the lower extremity functional scale in predicting surgical outcomes for total joint arthroplasty patients

Variable

LEFS quartile 1 (≤ 27)

n = 350

LEFS quartile 2 (28 to 35)

n = 321

LEFS quartile 3 (36 to 44)

n = 354

LEFS quartile 4 (> 44)

n = 364

P-Value

Preoperative LEFS – avg. ± SD

20.0 ± 5.6

31.4 ± 2.3

39.6 ± 2.5

53.1 ± 7.1

< 0.001

Demographics

 Age – avg. yrs. ± SD

67.5 ± 10.2

67.0 ± 9.1

66.4 ± 9.2

67.5 ± 9.0

0.349

 BMI- avg. kg/m2 ± SD

31.5 ± 5.9

30.8 ± 5.3

30.3 ± 5.5

29.3 ± 5.0

< 0.001

 Female – n (%)

233 (66.6)

204 (63.6)

205 (57.9)

173 (47.5)

< 0.001

 White Race – n (%)

274 (78.3)

270 (84.1)

305 (86.2)

302 (83.0)

0.042

Comorbidities – n (%)

 Diabetes Mellitus

78 (22.3)

62 (19.3)

50 (14.1)

49 (13.5)

0.004

 Sleep Apnea

73 (20.9)

53 (16.5)

62 (17.5)

49 (13.5)

0.071

 COPD

16 (4.6)

17 (5.3)

17 (4.8)

8 (2.2)

0.168

 Asthma

41 (11.7)

33 (10.3)

41 (11.6)

39 (10.7)

0.921

 Liver Disease

6 (1.7)

5 (1.6)

4 (1.1)

2 (0.5)

0.496

 AFIB

36 (10.3)

26 (8.1)

21 (5.9)

21 (5.8)

0.075

 CHF

12 (3.4)

8 (2.5)

5 (1.4)

6 (1.6)

0.256

 CAD

39 (11.1)

35 (10.9)

41 (11.6)

38 (10.4)

0.969

 ESRD or CKD

29 (8.3)

20 (6.2)

24 (6.8)

18 (4.9)

0.342

 GERD

119 (34.0)

112 (34.9)

123 (34.7)

94 (25.8)

0.024

 Anxiety or Depression

97 (27.7)

75 (23.4)

89 (25.1)

56 (15.4)

0.001

 Primary HTN

205 (58.6)

187 (58.3)

193 (54.5)

200 (54.9)

0.586

Surgery Information – n (%)

 ASA ≥ 3

188 (53.7)

126 (39.3)

121 (34.2)

106 (29.1)

< 0.001

 Spinal Anesthesia

192 (54.9)

204 (63.6)

238 (67.2)

246 (67.6)

0.001

 THA

197 (56.3)

130 (40.5)

122 (34.5)

134 (36.8)

< 0.001