Patient characteristics

TABLE Patient characteristics of all patients with a registered primary knee arthroplasty by type of knee arthroplasty in the Netherlands in 2023

TKAUKAPFATotal
N(%)28,286 (77.8)7,903 (21.8)126 (0.4) 36,351
Mean age (years) (SD)69.6 (8.8)66 (8.6)57.4 (11.2)68.8 (8.9)
Age (years) (%)
<50 1 2 25 1
50-59 13 22 35 15
60-69 32 39 22 34
70-79 42 31 16 39
>80 12 5 2 11
Gender (%)
Men 39 46 23 40
Women 61 54 77 60
ASA score (%)
ASA I 9 13 19 10
ASA II 63 67 69 64
ASA III-IV 28 20 12 26
Type of hospital (%)
General 79 71 60 77
UMC 1 0 2 1
Private 20 29 38 22
Diagnosis (%)
Osteoarthritis 97 98 98 97
Post-traumatic 1 0 2 1
Rheumatoid arthritis 1 0 0 1
Osteonecrosis 0 1 0 1
Other 0 0 0 0
Charnley-score (%)
A One knee joint affected 36 45 43 38
B1 Both knee joints affected 36 33 40 35
B2 Contralateral knee with a TKA 24 20 16 23
C Multiple joints affected or chronic disease that affects quality of life 4 2 1 4
Mean BMI (kg/m ) (SD)29.5 (5.0)29.1 (4.4)28.7 (4.0)29.4 (4.8)
Body Mass Index (kg/m ) (%)
Underweight (<=18.5) 0 0 0 0
Normal weight (>18.5-25) 19 18 16 19
Overweight (>25-30) 41 43 49 42
Obesity (>30-40) 36 35 33 37
Morbid obesity (>40) 3 1 1 3
Smoking (%)
No 92 91 88 93
Yes 7 8 11 7
Total contains 36 (0.1%) primary knee arthroplasties of which the type of prosthesis was not registered.
TKA: total knee arthroplasty; UKA: unicondylar knee arthropalsty; PFA: patellofemoral knee arthroplasty; General: general hospital; UMC: university medical centre; Private: private hospital; SD: standard deviation.
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TABLE Patient characteristics of all patients with a registered primary knee arthroplasty by type of diagnosis in the Netherlands in 2023

OsteoarthritisPost-traumaticRheumatoid arthritisOsteonecrosisOtherTotal
N(%)35,211 (96.8)412 (1.2)223 (0.6)195 (0.6)310 (0.8) 36,351
Mean age (years) (SD)68.9 (8.8)64.2 (11.1)65.1 (11.6)69 (10.7)65.3 (14.0)68.8 (8.9)
Age (years) (%)
<50 1 8 9 3 9 1
50-59 15 26 18 17 18 15
60-69 34 34 29 27 30 34
70-79 40 22 39 37 30 39
>80 11 10 4 15 13 11
Gender (%)
Men 40 43 26 41 39 40
Women 60 57 74 59 61 60
ASA score (%)
ASA I 10 13 1 9 6 10
ASA II 64 64 70 63 55 64
ASA III-IV 26 23 29 28 28 26
Type of hospital (%)
General 77 69 87 79 62 77
UMC 1 8 4 4 15 1
Private 22 23 8 17 23 22
Charnley-score (%)
A One knee joint affected 37 75 20 73 44 38
B1 Both knee joints affected 35 14 33 14 20 35
B2 Contralateral knee with a TKA 23 7 23 10 9 23
C Multiple joints affected or chronic disease that affects quality of life 4 5 24 3 5 4
Mean BMI (kg/m ) (SD)29.4 (4.8)28 (4.8)28.1 (5.5)27.8 (4.5)28.8 (5.2)29.4 (4.8)
Body Mass Index (kg/m ) (%)
Underweight (<=18.5) 0 0 1 1 1 0
Normal weight (>18.5-25) 18 30 29 29 19 19
Overweight (>25-30) 41 41 39 43 30 42
Obesity (>30-40) 36 27 27 26 29 37
Morbid obesity (>40) 3 1 2 1 2 3
Smoking (%)
No 92 90 91 89 73 93
Yes 7 9 9 10 14 7
Please note: diagnosis 'Other' (310: 1%) includes other (59), inflammatory arthritis (55), fracture (acute) (19), tumour (metastasis) (4), tumour (primary) (22) and 151 primary knee arthroplasties where the diagnosis was not registered.
General: general hospital; UMC: university medical centre; Private: private hospital; SD: standard deviation
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